The future present perfect progressive tense of principal verb consists of "will* have been + {present participle of the principal verb}"; the present perfect tense of a principal verb consists of "have** been + {present participle of the principal verb}"; and the past perfect progressive tense consists of "had been + {present participle of the principal verb}". These tense are only rarely used.
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*"Shall" is substituted for "will" if the subject is in the first person or to show emphasis if the subject is in second or third person.
**"Has" is substituted for "have" if the subject is in the third person singular only.
Three simple tenses. Three perfect tenses. Six progressive forms. So, twelve.In order:/_Past Perfect_/_Past_/_ Present Perfect_/_Present_/_Future Perfect_/_Future+progressive (continuous) in all tenses;Simple Present - I walkSimple Past - I walkedSimple Future - I will [or shall] walkPresent Perfect - I have walkedPast Perfect - I had walkedFuture Perfect - I will have walkedPresent Progressive - I am walkingPast Progressive - I was walkingFuture Progressive - I will be walkingPresent Perfect Progressive - I have been walkingPast Perfect Progressive - I had been walkingFuture Perfect Progressive - I will have been walkingIn addition there are two emphatic tenses:Present emphatic - I do walk.Past emphatic - I did walk.
There are three basic tenses - past, present and future. These three tenses have four forms - simple, perfect, continuous (also known as progressive) and perfect continuous.
Present Progressive:I am dreaming.He/She/It is dreaming.You/We/They are dreaming.Present Perfect Progressive:I/You/We/They have been dreaming.He/She/It has been dreaming.Past Progressive:I/He/She/It was dreaming.You/We/They were dreaming.Past Perfect Progressive:Had been dreaming.Future Progressive:Will be dreaming.Future Perfect Progressive:Will have been dreaming.
In English, there is no "progressive past participle".The past participle of listen is listened, and it is used with an auxiliary verb to create the perfect tenses. The past participle can be used in past, present, and future tenses. It is the job of the auxiliary verb to show the tense.Examples:had listened is the past perfect tensehave/has listened is the present perfect tensewill have listened is the future perfect tenseThe present participle of listen is listening. Present participles are used to create the progressive tenses, and like the perfect tenses, auxiliary verbs show the tense.Examples:was/were listening is the past progressive tenseam/is/are listening is the present progressive tensewill be listening is the future progressive tense
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Present progressive:I am harvestingWe/you/they are harvestingHe/she/it is harvestingPresent perfect progressive:I/we/you/they have been harvestingHe/she/it has been harvestingPast progressive:I/he/she/it was harvestingWe/you/they were harvestingPast perfect progressive:I/we/you/they/he/she/it had been harvestingFuture progressive:I/we/you/they/he/she/it will be harvestingFuture perfect progressive:I/we/you/they/he/she/it will have been harvesting
Future perfect.Progressive tenses have verbs with -ing.I am arriving.I will be arriving. - future progressive
There are three main types of tenses: past, present, and future. Each type can be further divided into simple, continuous (progressive), perfect, and perfect continuous forms.
Present tense: I/We/You/They move, He/She/It movesPresent perfect: I/We/You/They have moved, He/She/It has movedPresent progressive: I am moving, We/You/They are moving, He/She/It is movingPresent perfect progressive: I/We/You/They have been moving, He/She/It has been moving
English has three basic verb tenses: present, past, and future. Each of these tenses can be further divided into simple, continuous (progressive), perfect, and perfect continuous forms, creating a total of twelve verb tenses. However, the three basic tenses serve as the foundation for expressing time in English.
There are actually 6: Present progressive tense Present perfect progressive tense Past progressive tense Past perfect progressive tense Future progressive tense Future perfect progressive tense The progressive tense is also known as the continuous tense.
To conjugate the progressive tenses, conjugate only the part of the tense phrase that is part of the conjugation the verb "to be" and add to that the present participle of the principal verb. Example with principal verb "go": "I am going, I was going, I have been going, I had been going" for the first person singular present, past, present perfect, and past perfect tenses respectively.