Past & Present Continuous

Progressive Tense

English II

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PresentContinuous

Progressive Tense

What is it?

Also known as the present progresive, is a grammatical tense that describres activities at the moment of speaking and future planned events.

Structure

Subject

verb to be

complement

verb -ing

Structure

Subject + to be + verb -ing + complement

Ativities at the moment of speaking

Future plans or arrangements

Asking questions

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Past Continuous

Progressive Tense

Also called past progressive. Is used to refer to an action that was continuous (i.e. an action that was going on) at a particular time in the past.

Structure

Subject

verb to be

complement

verb -ing

Structure

Subject + to be + verb -ing + complement

For something that happened before and after another action

For something that happened before and after a specific time

For something that happened again and again

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