English Grammar Tenses -Continuous-

Continuous Present continuous Past continuous Future continuous Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Future perfect continuous

Present continuous is composed of two parts—the present tense of the verb to be (am; is ; are) + the present participle of the main verb (V-ing).

Every student is running. be+ V-ing Every student is running.

be + V-ing Present Continuous They are talking to each other. The sun is shining. I am playing a computer.. He is singing..

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).

Every student was running yesterday. was/were+ V-ing Every student was running yesterday.

be + V-ing Past continuous The sun was shining yesterday. They were talking to each other yesterday. The sun was shining yesterday. I was playing a computer yesterday. He was singing yesterday.

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.

Every student will be running tomorrow. V-ing Will be + Every student will be running tomorrow.

will be + V-ing Future continuous The sun will be shining tomorrow. 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.

Present perfect continuous is composed of two parts—the present perfect of the verb ‘to be’ (have/has been) + the present participle of the main verb (V-ing).

Every student has been running for two hours. V-ing Every student has been running for two hours.

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.

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

Every student had been running for two hours. V-ing Every student had been running for two hours.

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.

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).

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

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.