Progressive and Perfect Tense

Progressive and Perfect Verb Tenses

Progressive Verbs

Progressive tense is a category of verb tense used to describe ongoing actions. The progressive tenses are the past progressive tense, the present progressive tense, and the future progressive tense. The progressive tenses are sometimes called the "continuing" or "continuous" tenses.

From: https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/progressive_tenses.htm

Examples

​Past	​Present	​Future
​I was going.	I am going	​I will be going.
​He was seeing.	He is seeing.	​He will be seeing.

​Formula: helping verb (to indicate time) + main verb+-ing

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written in progressive tense?

• They go to the park every Sunday.

• She is baking cookies in the kitchen.

• He has finished his homework already.

• I will visit my grandparents next weekend

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written in past progressive tense?

• I will visit my grandparents next weekend.

• He has finished his homework already.

• They are going to the park every Sunday.

• She was baking cookies in the kitchen.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written in future progressive tense?

• She will be baking cookies in the kitchen.

• They are going to the park every Sunday.

• He has finished his homework already.

• I will visit my grandparents next weekend.

Perfect Tense

Perfect tense is a category of verb tense used to describe completed actions. It covers the past perfect tense, the present perfect tense, and the future perfect tense. It is sometimes called the complete tense.





From: https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/perfect_tense.htm

Examples

​Past	​Present	​Future
I had gone.	I have gone.	I will have gone.
He had seen.	He has seen.	He will have seen.

​Formula: had/have/has (to indicate singular/plural and time) + past participle

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written in perfect tense?

• They are going to the park every Sunday.

• He will be playing soccer tomorrow.

• She has finished her homework.

• I am reading a book right now.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written in present perfect tense?

• She has spoken.

• They had ridden their bikes.

• Joe and Smith had gotten home late every day.

• I will have read a book by the end of this week.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written in past progressive perfect tense?

• I will have seen.

• I had been seeing.

• They have seen.

• He is seeing.