Progressive verb tenses

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What is a progressive verb tense?

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A progressive verb tense shows an ongoing action that is happening at a specific time.

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What is present progressive tense?

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Present progressive tense describes actions that are currently happening. Example: "She is running."

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What is past progressive tense?

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Past progressive tense describes actions that were ongoing in the past. Example: "They were playing."

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What is future progressive tense?

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Future progressive tense describes actions that will be ongoing in the future. Example: "He will be studying."

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Identify the tense: "Sophia is having a sleepover tonight."

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Present progressive.

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Identify the tense: "We were watching a lesson when the power failure happened."

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Past progressive.

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Identify the tense: "The scientist will be talking about his research."

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Future progressive.

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Complete the sentence: "We ___________ dinner when the phone rang." (Options: is eating, are eating, was eating, were eating)

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were eating.

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What is the structure of present progressive tense?

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Subject + is/am/are + verb-ing.

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What is the structure of past progressive tense?

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Subject + was/were + verb-ing.