English Grammar

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English Grammar

• Tenses
• -Continuous-

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Continuous

• Present continuous
• Past continuous
• Future continuous
• Present perfect continuous
• Past perfect continuous
• Future perfect continuous

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Present continuous

• is composed of two partsthe present tense of the
  verb to be (am is are)
• the present participle of the main verb
  (V-ing).

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Every student is running.

• be

V-ing
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Present Continuous
be V-ing

• They are talking to each other.

• The sun is shining.

• I am playing a computer..

• He is singing..

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Past continuous

• is composed of two parts
• the past tense of the verb to be (was / were)
• and
• the base of the main verb ing (V-ing).

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Every student was running yesterday.

• was/were

V-ing
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Past continuous
be V-ing

• They were talking to each other yesterday.

• The sun was shining yesterday.

• I was playing a computer yesterday.

• He was singing yesterday.

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Future continuous

• is made up of two elements
• the simple future of the verb to be will be
• the present participle of the verb-Ving.

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Every student will be running tomorrow.
V-ing

• Will be

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Future continuous
will be V-ing

• They will be talking to each other tomorrow.

• The sun will be shining tomorrow.

• I will be playing a computer tomorrow.

• He will be singing tomorrow.

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Present perfect continuous

• is composed of two partsthe present perfect of
  the verb to be (have/has been)
• the present participle of the main verb
  (V-ing).

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Every student has been running for two hours.

• has been

V-ing
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Present perfect continuous
have/has been V-ing

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

• The sun has been shining for two days.

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

• He has been singing for two hours.

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Past perfect continuous

• is composed of two parts
• the past perfect of the verb to be (had been)
• and
• the present participlr (V-ing).

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Every student had been running for two hours.

• had been

V-ing
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Past perfect continuous
had been V-ing

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

• The sun had been shining for two days.

• I had been playing the computer for two hours.

• He had been singing for two hours.

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Future perfect continuous

• is made up of two elements
• the future perfect of the verb to be (will have
  been)
• the present participle of the main verb
  (V-ing).

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Every student will have been running for hours.
V-ing

• Will have been

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Future perfect continuous
will have been V-ing

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

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

• He will have been singing for two hours.