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Progressive Tenses
Present progressive tense describes an action in the present that it is still happening. The action is ongoing.
You form this tense by using the present form of the helping verb be and the present participle of the main verb.
am/are/ is + verb + -ing ending He is telling a wonderful speech.
Examples:
I am listening to a great man.
Past progressive tense expresses a continuing action in the past.
You form this tense by using the past form of the verb be and the present participle of the main verb.
was/were + verb + -ing ending I was speaking about Mr. King.
Examples:
They were listening to the speech too.
Future progressive tense describes an action that is continuing in the future.
You form this tense by using the future form of the verb be and the
present participle of the main verb.
will be /shall be + verb
Examples:
Future generations will be talking about this day. We will be enjoying our new found freedom.
+ -ing ending
“I Have a Dream” 23 by Martin Luther King, Jr.