In chapter 2 lord of the flies how do the boys start the fire

After Jack rips the glasses off of Piggy's face, Ralph takes them and focuses a ray from the sun onto the dry wood. Almost immediately, smoke begins to rise from the wood and the boys begin to blow until a tiny flame appears. The flame grows as the fire ignites and the boys start to celebrate their accomplishment.

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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.