English Grammar Tenses-Continuous-Tenses-Continuous-

ContinuousContinuous Present continuous Present continuous Past continuous Past continuous Future continuous Future continuous Present perfect continuous Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Future perfect continuous Future perfect continuous Present continuous Present continuous Past continuous Past continuous Future continuous Future continuous Present perfect continuous Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Future perfect continuous Future perfect continuous

Present continuous is composed of two parts—the present tense of the verb to be (am; is ; are) + the present participle of the main verb (V-ing). the present participle of the main verb (V-ing).

Every student is running. Every student is running. be +

Present Continuous  They  They are talking to each other. He is singing. singing.. I am playing a computer. computer.. The sun is shining.

Past continuous is composed of two parts : the past tense of the verb to be (was / were) and and the base of the main verb +ing (V-ing). the base of the main verb +ing (V-ing).

Every student was running yesterday. Every student was running yesterday. was/ were +

Past continuous  They  They were talking to each other yesterday.  He  He was singing yesterday.  I  I was playing a computer yesterday.  The  The sun was shining yesterday.

Future continuous is made up of two elements : the simple future of the verb ‘to be’ –will be + the present participle of the verb-Ving. the present participle of the verb-Ving.

Every student will be running tomorrow. Every student will be running tomorrow. Will be + +

Future continuous  They  They will be talking to each other tomorrow.  He  He will be singing tomorrow.  I  I will be playing a computer tomorrow.  The  The sun will be shining tomorrow.

Present perfect continuous is composed of two parts—the present perfect of the verb ‘to be’ (have/has been) + the present participle of the main verb (V-ing). the present participle of the main verb (V-ing).

Every student has been running for two hours. Every student has been running running for two hours. has been +

Present perfect continuous  They  They have been talking to each other for two hours.  He  He has been singing for two hours.  I  I have have been playing the computer for two hours.  The  The sun has been shining for two days.

Past perfect continuous is composed of two parts : the past perfect of the verb to be (had been) and and the present participlr (V-ing). the present participlr (V-ing).

Every student had been running for two hours. Every student had been running running for two hours. had been +

Past perfect continuous  They  They had been talking to each other for two hours.  He  He had been singing for two hours.  I  I had been playing the computer for two hours.  The  The sun had been shining for two days.

Future perfect continuous is made up of two elements : the future perfect of the verb to be (will have been) + the present participle of the main verb (V-ing). the present participle of the main verb (V-ing).

Every student will have been running for hours. Every student will have been been running running for hours. Will have been + +

Future perfect continuous  They  They will have been talking to each other for two hours.  He  He will have been singing for two hours.  I  I will have been playing the computer for two hours.