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.”
FUTURE PROGRESSIVE TENSEActions 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.”
PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSEBy 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.”
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSETo 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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