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    Tenses: The Simple Present Continuous Tense The Simple Past Continuous Tense The Simple Future Continuous Tense

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    This document discusses the simple present continuous tense, simple past continuous tense, and simple future continuous tense in English. It provides the structure and usage of each tense. The present continuous tense is used to describe actions happening now or in the future. The past continuous tense describes actions happening at a specific time in the past and can be used with the simple past tense. The future continuous tense expresses actions that will be happening at a particular moment in the future and will continue. Examples are given for each tense.

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    TENSES

    The Simple Present Continuous Tense


    The Simple Past Continuous Tense
    The Simple Future Continuous Tense
    DBS 2B
    The structure of THE PRESENT
    CONTINUOUS TENSE is:
    subject auxiliary verb main verb
    + I am speaking to you.
    + You are reading this.
    - She is not staying in Merbok.
    - We are not playing football.
    ? Is he watching TV?
    ? Are they waiting for Ikmal?
    We use THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
    TENSE to talk about :
    action happening now
    action in the future
    THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
    for action happening now.


    EXAMPLES :

    I am eating my lunch.
    The pages are turning.
    The candle is burning.
    The students are studying.
    THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
    TENSE for the future.
    "Future words" include, for example, tomorrow,
    next year, in June, at Christmas etc.

    EXAMPLES :
    I am taking my MUET next month.
    We are eating at MALINJAS tonight.
    We have already booked the table.
    They can play futsal with you
    tomorrow. They are not studying.
    When are you starting your new job?
    back
    The structure of THE PAST
    CONTINUOUS TENSE is:
    subject + auxiliary verb BE + main verb

    conjugated in simple past
    tense

    Present
    Participle
    was
    were
    base + ing
    THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

    subject auxiliary verb

    main verb

    + I was watching TV.
    + You were working hard.
    - He, she, it was not helping Yus.
    - We were not joking.
    ? Were you being silly?
    ? Were they playing football?
    we use THE PAST CONTINUOUS
    TENSE to express :
    action at a particular moment in the
    past.
    the past continuous tense with the
    simple past tense. We use the past
    continuous tense to express a long
    action. And we use the simple past
    tense to express a short action that
    happens in the middle of the long
    action. We can join the two ideas with
    when or while.
    To express action at a particular
    moment in the past.
    EXAMPLES :

    At 8pm yesterday, I was watching TV.
    I was studying at 10pm last night.
    They were not playing badminton at 9am
    this morning.
    What were you doing at 10pm last night?
    What were you doing when he arrived?
    She was cooking when I telephoned her.
    Joining THE PAST CONTINUOUS
    TENSE with THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE.
    In the following example, we have two
    actions:
    long action (watching TV), expressed with
    past continuous tense
    short action (telephoned), expressed with
    simple past tense

    EXAMPLE :
    I was watching TV when you telephoned.
    There are four basic combinations:

    Maria was walking
    past the car
    when it exploded.
    When the car exploded
    Syazana was
    walking past
    it.
    The car exploded while
    Ezza was walking
    past it.
    Whil
    e
    Ain was walking past
    the car
    it exploded.
    back
    The structure of THE FUTURE
    CONTINUOUS TENSE is:
    subject + auxiliary verb WILL + auxiliary verb BE + main verb

    invariable

    invariable

    present
    participl
    e
    will be base + ing
    How do we make the Future
    Continuous Tense?

    subject
    auxiliary
    verb
    auxiliary
    verb
    main
    verb

    + I will be working at 10am.
    + You will be lying
    on a beach
    tomorrow.
    - She will not be using the car.
    - We will not be having dinner at Malinja.
    ? Will you be playing football?
    ? Will they be watching TV?
    we use THE FUTURE CONTINUOUS
    TENSE :
    To express action at a particular
    moment in the future. The action will
    start before that moment but it will
    not have finished at that moment.

    EXAMPLES :
    I will be playing basketball at 10am tomorrow.
    They won't be watching TV at 9pm tonight.
    What will you be doing at 10pm tonight?
    What will you be doing when I arrive?
    She will not be sleeping when you telephone
    her.
    We will be having dinner when the film starts.
    Take your umbrella. It will be raining when
    you return.

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