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TensesTenses

-Continuous--Continuous-

TensesTenses

-Continuous--Continuous-

ContinuousContinuousContinuousContinuous

Present continuousPresent continuous

Past continuousPast continuous

Future continuousFuture continuous

Present perfect continuousPresent perfect continuous

Past perfect continuousPast perfect continuous

Future perfect continuousFuture perfect continuous

Present continuousPresent continuous

Past continuousPast continuous

Future continuousFuture continuous

Present perfect continuousPresent perfect continuous

Past perfect continuousPast perfect continuous

Future perfect continuousFuture perfect continuous

Present continuousPresent continuous

is composed of two parts—is composed of two parts—the the present tense of the verb to be present tense of the verb to be (am; is ; are)(am; is ; are)

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the present participle of the main the present participle of the main verb (V-ing)verb (V-ing)..

Every student Every student isis runningrunning. . Every student Every student isis runningrunning. .

bebe++bebe++

Present Present ContinuousContinuous

They are talking to each They are talking to each other. other.

He is singing.He is singing..

I am playing a computer.I am playing a computer..

The sun is shining.The sun is shining.

Past continuousPast continuous

is composed of two parts : is composed of two parts :

the past tense of the verb to be (was the past tense of the verb to be (was / were)/ were)

andand

the base of the main verb +ing (V-the base of the main verb +ing (V-ing)ing)..

Every student Every student waswas running running yesterday. yesterday. Every student Every student waswas running running yesterday. yesterday.

was/was/werewere

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was/was/werewere

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Past Past continuouscontinuous

They were talking to They were talking to each other yesterday. each other yesterday.

He was singing He was singing yesterday.yesterday.

I was playing a computer I was playing a computer yesterday.yesterday.

The sun was shining The sun was shining yesterday.yesterday.

Future continuousFuture continuous

is made up of two elements : is made up of two elements :

the simple future of the verb ‘to be’ –the simple future of the verb ‘to be’ –will bewill be

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the present participle of the verb-the present participle of the verb-VingVing..

Every student Every student will bewill be running running tomorrow. tomorrow. Every student Every student will bewill be running running tomorrow. tomorrow.

Will beWill be

++Will beWill be

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Future Future continuouscontinuous

They will be talking to each They will be talking to each other tomorrow. other tomorrow.

He will be singing He will be singing tomorrow.tomorrow.

I will be playing a I will be playing a computer tomorrow.computer tomorrow.

The sun will be shining The sun will be shining tomorrow. tomorrow.

Present perfect continuousPresent perfect continuous

is composed of two parts—is composed of two parts—the the present perfect of the verb ‘to be’ present perfect of the verb ‘to be’ (have/has been)(have/has been)

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the present participle of the main the present participle of the main verb (V-ing)verb (V-ing)..

Every student Every student has beenhas been runningrunning for two hours. for two hours. Every student Every student has beenhas been runningrunning for two hours. for two hours.

has has beenbeen

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has has beenbeen

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Present Present perfect perfect continuouscontinuous

They have been talking to They have been talking to each other for two hours. each other for two hours.

He has been singing for two He has been singing for two hours. hours.

I have have been playing I have have been playing the computer for two hours. the computer for two hours.

The sun has been shining The sun has been shining for two days. for two days.

Past perfect continuousPast perfect continuous

is composed of two parts : is composed of two parts :

the past perfect of the verb to be the past perfect of the verb to be (had been)(had been)

andand

the present participlr (V-ing)the present participlr (V-ing)..

Every student Every student had beenhad been runningrunning for two hours. for two hours. Every student Every student had beenhad been runningrunning for two hours. for two hours.

had had beenbeen

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had had beenbeen

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Past perfect Past perfect continuouscontinuous

They had been talking to They had been talking to each other for two hours. each other for two hours.

He had been singing for two He had been singing for two hours.hours.

I had been playing the I had been playing the computer for two hours.computer for two hours.

The sun had been The sun had been shining for two days.shining for two days.

Future perfect continuousFuture perfect continuous

is made up of two elements : is made up of two elements :

the future perfect of the verb to be the future perfect of the verb to be (will have been) (will have been)

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the present participle of the main the present participle of the main verb (V-ing)verb (V-ing)..

Every student Every student will have will have beenbeen runningrunning for hours. for hours. Every student Every student will have will have beenbeen runningrunning for hours. for hours.

Will have Will have beenbeen

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Will have Will have beenbeen

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Future Future perfect perfect continuouscontinuous

They will have been talking to They will have been talking to each other for two hours. each other for two hours.

He will have been He will have been singing for two singing for two hours.hours.

I will have been playing I will have been playing the computer for two the computer for two hours.hours.