progressive verbs

The ___ progressive form names and action or condition that is continuing in the present.

• past

• future

• present

The ___ progressive form of a verb names an action or condition that was continuing for some time in the past.

• past

• future

• present

The ____ progressive form of a verb consist of the ___ tense of the helping verb be and the present patriciple of the main verb.

• past, past

• past, present

• present, past

• past, future

For past progressive, use ___ or ___ and the -ing form of the verb.

• was, were

• has, had

• am, are

• be, being

___ expresses an action that is happening in the near future.

• past progressive

• future progressive

• present progressive

___ is used to talk about an action that happened before another began.

• future progressive

• present progressive

• past progressive

__ is action that is happening now but not necessarily at this moment.

• future progressive

• present progressive

• past progressive

expressing action happening in the near future

• past progressive

• present progressive

• future progressive

expresses activity happing now

• past progressive

• present progressive

• future progressive

using helping verbs will or shall plus the -ing form of an action verb

• past progressive

• present progressive

• future progressive