participle (“ing” form) with the present tense of

tonight, and the kids are complaining to the owner Unlike the present tense, the present progressive depicts an action that is actually occurring at the moment, while the present refers to repeated or habitual current activities or situations The dog is snoring right now, but the owner complains every night Like the present tense, the present progressive can perform a future function if a sentence contains enough qualifying words to make clear the future setting of the event The dog is going to snore tomorrow night, the owner is sure.”
F
UTURE
P
ROGRESSIVE
T
ENSE
Actions or conditions that continue in the future use the future progressive tense,
which combines will be with the present participle (“ing” form The dog will be snoring for years to come, and the kids will begetting used to it.”
P
AST
P
ROGRESSIVE
T
ENSE
By linking the past forms of “be” (was or were) with the present participle “ing”
form), the past progressive conveys things that continued to happen in the past but have ended The dog was snoring in the summer, but stopped in the fall.”
P
RESENT
P
ERFECT
P
ROGRESSIVE
T
ENSE
To depict things that continue from the past into the present r beyond, the present perfect progressive is used. It combines the auxiliaries has or have and “been”
(the past

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