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11 11 Continuous Tenses

Warm-up

Rewrite the following sentences as directed in brackets.
1. The man is driving. (past continuous)

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2. He played a game. (past continuous)
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3. I am talking to the teacher. (future continuous)
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4. Seema is not studying every day. (future continuous)
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5. She reads a letter from her brother. (present continuous)

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6. We talk about the upcoming tournament. (present continuous)

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A continuous tense shows an action that is, was, or will be in progress at a certain time.
It describes actions or events that started at a time before now and are still going on at the time of
speaking. A continuous tense may be in the present, past or future.

Present Continuous Tense

The present continuous tense of a verb is composed of two parts—the present form of
the verb be + the present participle (-ing) form of the main verb.

The present continuous is used to.

 describe an action that is taking place at the time of speaking. It is often accompanied by time
expressions like now, presently, at the moment, etc.

He is playing in the park now.
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 describe a plan or arrangement in the near future often accompanied by time expressions

like tonight, tomorrow, this week, etc.

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