Progressive Tenses

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What is the present progressive tense?

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The present progressive tense describes an action that is currently happening at the moment of speaking. It is formed using the verb 'to be' (am/is/are) + the present participle (verb+ing).

Front

Provide an example of a sentence in the present progressive tense.

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Emily is baking chocolate chip cookies for tomorrow.

Front

What is the past progressive tense?

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The past progressive tense describes an action that was ongoing in the past. It is formed using the verb 'to be' (was/were) + the present participle (verb+ing).

Front

Provide an example of a sentence in the past progressive tense.

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Lucas was missing his right shoe this morning.

Front

What is the future progressive tense?

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The future progressive tense describes an action that will be ongoing at a specific time in the future. It is formed using 'will be' + the present participle (verb+ing).

Front

Provide an example of a sentence in the future progressive tense.

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The scientist will be talking about his research at the next meeting.

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What is the structure of the present progressive tense?

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

Front

What is the structure of the past progressive tense?

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Subject + was/were + verb+ing.

Front

What is the structure of the future progressive tense?

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Subject + will be + verb+ing.

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In which tense is the verb in the sentence: 'I am studying for my test tomorrow'?

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Present progressive.