Progressive Tenses

Past Progressive indicates

• a finished action in the past

• action that is going on

• an action going on at a given past moment

• an action that had happened before a definite moment in the past

Present Progressive indicates an action that

The formula of Future Progressive is:

• will +verb

• is +verb+ing

• will be +verb+ing

• will + verb+ ing

It is not true. I am not believing it.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Believe like want need prefer understand mean etc are not used in the Present Continuous

Why are all these people here? ................................................. (What /happen?)

Are you ready? Everybody ..................................... (wait) for you.

• waits

• has waited

• is waiting

• will be waiting

The water ........................ (to boil). Be careful.

• boils

• boiled

• boil

• is boiling

- I am busy.

- What .......... (you/to do)?

This time last year Steve ................ (to study) in Rome.

• studied

• studyed

• was studying

• were studying

I ..... (to see) Kate a few minutes ago. She ...... (to wait) for you.

• see, is waiting

• saw, waiting

• saw, was waiting

• saw, were waiting