to be and a verb with the ing ending
The tense of the verb phrase "will be waiting" is future continuous tense. It indicates an action that will be ongoing in the future.
The term "was sitting" is a verb in the past progressive tense.
Are going is the present progressive tense of the verb go. It is called a verb phrase.
"had been waiting" is a verb phrase. It's the past perfect progressive tense of wait.
"Will be growing" is a verb phrase. It makes the future progressive tense of grow.
The past progressive tense of be is was/were being.I/He/She/It was beingWe/You/They were being
The progressive tense has the form - be + present participle.eg is/was watching.The tense of the be verb determines the tense of the progressive verb form.eg was watching is past progressive. is watching is present progressive.With an auxiliary verb have or has the present perfect progressive is formed.eg have been watching, has been watchingWith had the past perfect progressive is formed:eg had been watching
It is the present progressive tense of the verb 'to focus.'
I/he/she/it was sleeping. You/we/they were sleeping.
The past perfect progressive tense of the verb "try" is "had been trying."
This is the imperfect tense. (verb)= present tense (verb)ed= perfect tense was (verb)ing= imperfect tense Perfect and imperfect are both forms of the past tense.
was/were sleeping = Past Continuous Tense