verb tenses progressive. progressive tense = action in process
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Verb Verb TensesTenses
ProgressiveProgressive
Progressive Tense = Progressive Tense = Action Action in Processin Process
The progressive tense The progressive tense requires the helping requires the helping
verb “is.”verb “is.”
Forms of Forms of “Be”“Be”Present:Present:
isis arearePast:Past: waswas werewere
Future:Future: will bewill be shall beshall be
To form the progressive To form the progressive tense, use the correct tense, use the correct tense of “be” as the tense of “be” as the helping verb and a helping verb and a
present participle as the present participle as the main verb.main verb.
Verb Form Verb Form ChartChartBase FormBase Form Present Present
ParticipleParticiplePastPast Past Past
ParticipleParticiple
readread is readingis reading readread have readhave read
chopchop is is choppingchopping
choppedchopped have have choppedchopped
typetype is typingis typing typedtyped have have typedtyped
Present Present ProgressiveProgressive
present form of “be” + present present form of “be” + present participleparticiple
am typingam typing
Past Past ProgressiveProgressive
past form of “be” + present past form of “be” + present participleparticiple
was typingwas typing
Future Future ProgressiveProgressive
future form of “be” + present future form of “be” + present participleparticiple
will be typingwill be typing
PracticPractice:e:base form/present base form/present
tense- tense- singsing
Past TensePast TenseI _________________ a song I _________________ a song
yesterday.yesterday.sangsang
Future TenseFuture TenseI _________________ a song I _________________ a song
tomorrow.tomorrow.Will singWill sing
Present Perfect Present Perfect TenseTense
I _________________ a song.I _________________ a song.have sunghave sung
Past Perfect Past Perfect TenseTense
I _________________ a song.I _________________ a song.had sunghad sung
Future Perfect Future Perfect TenseTense
I _________________ a song.I _________________ a song.Will have sung
Will have sung
Present Present Progressive TenseProgressive Tense
I _________________ a song.I _________________ a song.am singing
am singing
Past Progressive Past Progressive TenseTense
I _________________ a song.I _________________ a song.Was singing
Was singing
Future Progressive Future Progressive TenseTense
I _________________ a song.I _________________ a song.will be singingwill be singing
Just as the past, present, Just as the past, present, and future tenses can be and future tenses can be perfect, the progressive perfect, the progressive
tenses can also be tenses can also be perfect.perfect.
To form the perfect To form the perfect progressive tense, use the progressive tense, use the past participle of “be” as past participle of “be” as the helping verb and a the helping verb and a
present participle as the present participle as the main verb.main verb.
Verb Form Verb Form ChartChartBase FormBase Form Present Present
ParticipleParticiplePastPast Past Past
ParticipleParticiple
amam
isis
areare
am beingam being
is beingis being
are beingare being
waswas
werewerehave beenhave been
has beenhas been
sharpensharpen is is sharpeninsharpeningg
sharpenedsharpened have have sharpenedsharpened
Past Participle of Past Participle of “be”“be”
Present:Present:have beenhave beenhas beenhas been
Past:Past:had beenhad been
Future:Future:will have will have beenbeen
shall have shall have beenbeen
Present Perfect Present Perfect ProgressiveProgressive
present form of past participle present form of past participle “be” “be”
+ +
present participlepresent participle
have been sharpeninghave been sharpening
Past Perfect Past Perfect ProgressiveProgressive
past form of past participle “be” past form of past participle “be”
+ +
present participlepresent participle
had been sharpeninghad been sharpening
Future Perfect Future Perfect ProgressiveProgressive
future form of past participle future form of past participle “be” “be”
++
present participlepresent participle
will have been sharpeningwill have been sharpening
Verb tenses should remain Verb tenses should remain consistent. If you are consistent. If you are writing in the present writing in the present
tense, the whole paper tense, the whole paper should be in the present should be in the present
tense.tense.
Papers about Papers about LiteratureLiterature
Write about literature in Write about literature in the present tense.the present tense.
Write about literature in Write about literature in the present tense.the present tense.