•  Use of the Present Progressive

• actions happening at the moment of speaking

Alan is making lunch.

• fixed plans in the near future

We are going to London on Saturday.

• temporary actions

I am working from home this month.

• actions happening around the moment of speaking

My friend is writting a book.

• trends

More and more people are using their phones to listen to music.

• repeated actions which are irritating to the speaker (with always, constantly, forever)

Andrew is always arriving late.

• Signal word