Select all of the correct answers.
Which of these statements about the life of Oliver Cromwell is true?
After winning the English Civil War, Cromwell appointed himself Lord Protector and took on many of the monarch’s powers.
Cromwell was in favor of sparing the life of Charles I as long the king agreed to leave England and go into exile.
Cromwell led a brutal invasion of Ireland and treated his opponents in England harshly by suppressing them.
Cromwell dissolved the position of Lord Protector before his death so that others could not exploit it in the future.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

the answer is a.

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