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Verb Tenses
Question | Answer |
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What do simple verb tenses tell the reader? | When an action happens: past, present, or future |
Verbs in the progressive tense are used to tell about what? | Continuous or ongoing actions |
What does a verb in the present progressive tense tell about? | An action that is happening now for an ongoing period of time |
What does a verb in the present progressive tense look like? | am/is/are + verb ending in -ing |
What does a verb in the past progressive tense tell about? | An action that was happening for an ongoing period of time |
What does a verb in the past progressive tense look like? | was/were + verb ending in -ing |
What does a verb in the future progressive tense tell about? | An action that will be happening for an ongoing period of time |
What does a verb in the future progressive tense look like? | will be + verb ending in -ing |
What does a verb in the simple present tense tell about? | action happening now |
What does a verb in the simple past tense tell about? | action that already happened |
What does a verb in the simple future tense tell about? | an action that will happen |