Answer:
There are six types of progressive tenses. Let's see what they are about.
Explanation:
Let's start by clarifying that regardless of how the progressive tense is (whether past, present or future), what these verb tenses demonstrate is continuity.
Something that happens <u>continuously in the past</u>, something that happens <u>continuously in the present</u>, something that happens <u>continuously in the future</u>, etc.
The six types that exist are: present, past, future, perfect present, perfect past and perfect future.
The way this tense is formed is by using the auxiliary to be + present participle (-ing).
Let's see an example of each of the tenses:
- Present: He is writing the essay.
- Past : He was writing the essay.
- Future: He will be writing the essay.
- Present Perfect: He has been writing the essay.
- Past Perfect: He had been writing the essay.
- Future Perfect: He will have been writing the essay.
