assalamualaikum and hello everyone. so, how are you today, i am hoping that you are in pink of health
- PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
express an acivity that is in progress at the moment of sepaking. it began at recent past, is continuing at present, and will probably end at same point in the future.
- john is sleeping right now
- its raining
- she is writing another book this year
- PAST PROGRESSIVE
i/she/it was having dinner. we use prog to show that a state or action was in progress in the past
- he was sleeping when i arrived
- i was mending the tv while my wife was reading
- PAST SIMPLE VS PAST PROGRESSIVE
see the action of making speech as a whole, as a complete event in the past
- when we arrived, the judge made a speech
past progressive describes a state or action in progress (not completed)
- FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
- he will be sleeping when we arrive
- PERFECT TENSE
- form = have+past participle
the perfect tenses all give idea that one thing happens before another time or event
- PRESENT PERFECT
- has/have + past participle
- i have already eaten
- talking about something which began in the past and hasn't changed
- talking about general experience
- talking about very recent event
- talking about recent events / states
- PAST PERFECT
- i had already eaten when they arrived
- past perfect +had + past participle
- the prisoner was released after he had been in prison for several years
- THE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES
- form= have+been+ing (present participle)
gives the idea that one event is in progress immediately before, up to, until another time/event
- PRESENT PROGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVE
- i have been stdying for two hours
- has/have + been + verb-ing
- PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
i had been studying for two hours before my friend came
- FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
- i will have been stdying for 2 hours by the time you arrive
No comments:
Post a Comment