Present Continuous

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

The organisers are pursuing several simultaneous reinventions. They are expanding the race's gender dimension, and its profile is growing rapidly.

Grammar Reference · Present Continuous

Action in progress now

Use present continuous for something happening at this moment. Pogačar is training with data tools unavailable to his predecessors.

Developing trend

Use it for trends around now, not just this second. The sport is becoming more data-driven every year.

Fixed future

Use it for planned future events. The peloton is leaving Florence at noon tomorrow.

State verbs — no

State verbs (know, contain, belong, seem) rarely take -ing. The route contains three mountain passes. ✓ Not is containing ✗

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Present Continuous

1.Anti-doping authorities their protocols across professional cycling.

2.UAE Team Emirates specialists from Formula One aerodynamics.

3.The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift its profile rapidly since 2022.

4.Broadcast technology the experience for fans in 190 countries.

5.The sport's relationship with its past slowly toward transparency.

6.Teams drone footage and on-bike cameras to enhance broadcasts.

02Exercise 2 — Transform

rewrite with the new structure

1.The Tour de France changes what a bike race can mean.

2.Organisers pursue several simultaneous reinventions.

3.Nutritionists experiment with new carbohydrate strategies.

4.The sport responds to questions it has long avoided.

5.Pogačar redefines what a dominant Tour performance looks like.

6.Teams invest heavily in broadcast technology.

7.The race expands its gender dimension with a women's event.

8.The sport shifts toward greater transparency.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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