How can the author use connotation to give the following sentence a more formal tone? “All visitors had to hand over their passports at the entrance gate before boarding the plane”

A. Change “entrance gate” to “ticket counter”
B. Change “hand over” to “present”
C. Change “boarding” to “entering”
D. Change “visitors” to “travelers”

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.

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the international phonetic alphabet (a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the international phonetic association) is composed of one or more elements of two basic types, letters and diacritics.

the third paragraph is the the soltion or ending of a story