Continuous Tense



Continuous Tense
Continuous Tense

Continuous/Progressive 

Tenses

            Continuous tense always shows events which is in progress or going on in present,past or feature.

 1]Present Continuous

 Tense

Helping verbs used in 

Present continuous tense


 [ am/ is/ are ]

Examples

1)I am playing cricket

4)They are playing cricket.

5)He is playing cricket.

6)She is  playing cricket.

7)It is playing cricket.

8)Gopal is playing cricket.

9)Boys are playing cricket.

[I, You,We,They and Plural name such as boys students always use are 

He ,She,It,singular name use is]

Formula:  


 sub.+[am/is/are] 

+ V(ing)+ obj.



2]Past Continuous Tense

Helping verbs used in 

Past continious

 tense was/wre


Examples

1)I was playing ricket.

4)They were playing cricket.

5)He was playing cricket.

6)She was playing cricket.

7)It was playing cricket.

8)Gopal was playing cricket.

9)Boys was playing cricket.


[You,We,They and Plural name such as boys students always comes with were 


I, He ,She,It,singular name comes with was]


Formula:  


 sub.+[was/were] + 

V(ing)+ obj.



3)Future Continuous 

Tense  

Helping verbs used in 

Past continuous tense 

will be/shall be


Examples

1)I will be playing ricket.

4)They will be playing cricket.

5)He will be playing cricket.

6)She will be playing cricket.

7)It will be playing cricket.

8)Gopal will be playing cricket.

9)Boys will be playing cricket.


 Formula


Sub.+shall be/will be+

V(ing)+Obj.