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Advocard [28]
2 years ago
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Is the underlined verb or verb phrase in the simple, progressive, perfect, or progressive perfect aspect? The tigers had been ly

ing in wait all morning.
English
1 answer:
qwelly [4]2 years ago
4 0

"The tigers <u>had been lying</u> in wait all morning."

The correct answer is perfect progressive tense.


Perfect progressive tense describes actions that took place in the past, and is still happening in the present, and/or will continue happening.

Progressive tense is an action that takes place in the past OR present Or future.

  • The tigers lied down in wait this morning. (past)
  • The tigers are lying down this morning. (present)
  • The tigers will lie down.  (future)

Perfect tense that started in the past and continues now.

  • I have learned a lot this semester. (present perfect)
  • I had learned a lot in elementary school. (past perfect)
  • I will have learned a lot when I finish college. (future perfect)
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