Matching Pairs Verbs - Present ContinuousOnline version Read the sentences that use the present continuous. Match the reason for using the present continuous with the sentences. by Fernando Benitez Leal 1 What kind of car is the ethical motorist driving these days? 2 I see they're digging up the road again. 3 The summers are getting warmer. 4 She's buying a new laptop on Thursday. 5 At quarter to nine I'm still sitting in traffic. 6 He's doing a Master's in the United States. 7 He's always making fun of me. Happening at the moment of speaking. Contrast to a previous state. Something that is developing. Something before and after a given time. Arranged future event. Something temporary. Something happening again and again.