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English Grammar. Tenses -Continuous-. Continuous. Present continuous Past continuous Future continuous Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Future perfect continuous. Present continuous.
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English Grammar Tenses -Continuous-
Continuous Present continuous Past continuous Future continuous Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Future perfect continuous
Present continuous is composed of two parts—the present tense of the verb to be (am; is ; are) + the present participle of the main verb (V-ing).
V-ing Every student isrunning. be+
Present Continuous be + V-ing • They are talking to each other. • The sun is shining. • I am playing a computer.. • He is singing..
Past continuous is composed of two parts : the past tense of the verb to be (was / were) and the base of the main verb +ing (V-ing).
V-ing Every student wasrunning yesterday. was/were+
Past continuous be + V-ing • They were talking to each other yesterday. • The sun was shining yesterday. • I was playing a computer yesterday. • He was singing yesterday.
Future continuous is made up of two elements : the simple future of the verb ‘to be’ –will be + the present participle of the verb-Ving.
V-ing Every student will berunning tomorrow. Will be +
Future continuous will be + V-ing • They will be talking to each other tomorrow. • The sun will be shining tomorrow. • I will be playing a computer tomorrow. • He will be singing tomorrow.
Present perfect continuous is composed of two parts—the present perfect of the verb ‘to be’ (have/has been) + the present participle of the main verb (V-ing).
V-ing Every student has beenrunningfor two hours. has been+
Present perfect continuous have/has been + V-ing • They have been talking to each other for two hours. • The sun has been shining for two days. • I have have been playing the computer for two hours. • He has been singing for two hours.
Past perfect continuous is composed of two parts : the past perfect of the verb to be (had been) and the present participlr (V-ing).
V-ing Every student had beenrunningfor two hours. had been+
Past perfect continuous had been + V-ing • They had been talking to each other for two hours. • The sun had been shining for two days. • I had been playing the computer for two hours. • He had been singing for two hours.
Future perfect continuous is made up of two elements : the future perfect of the verb to be (will have been) + the present participle of the main verb (V-ing).
V-ing Every student will have beenrunningfor hours. Will have been +
Future perfect continuous will have been + V-ing • They will have been talking to each other for two hours. • I will have been playing the computer for two hours. • He will have been singing for two hours.