The continuous tense has a verb phrase - be + present participle.
Present contiuous = am/is/are + present participle.
eg I am watching TV. She is watching TV, They are watching TV.
Past contiuous = was/were +present participle.
eg I was watching TV. She was watching TV. They were watching TV.
The 14 English verb tenses are, present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, conditional continuous, and conditional perfect.
present continuous
Yes, sit is a verb.
A progressive verb is one which suggests continuous action - most often formed in English by using the gerund form (-ing) of a verb.
is carving = present continuous verb phrase
"Continuous" can be both an adjective and a verb, depending on its usage in a sentence. As an adjective, it describes something that is ongoing or uninterrupted. However, as a verb, it refers to the action of making something continuous or joining together.
The present continuous tense of the verb "register" is "registering."
was cleaning is a past continuous verb phrase.
Have is used as an auxilliary verb with other verb to form the past participle, present perfect, past perfect, past perfect continuous, future perfect continuous, future perfect and present perfect continuous, e.g. the use of have as an auxilliary verb with the verb go: Past Participle: Having gone present perfect: I have gone past perfect: I had gone past perfect continuous: I had been going future perfect continuous: I had been going future perfect: I will have gone present perfect continuous: I will have been going
The 14 English verb tenses are, present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, conditional continuous, and conditional perfect.
The past continuous tense for "welding" is "was welding" or "were welding." For example, "I was welding the pipes together when the power went out."
The verb "were sleeping" is in the past continuous tense.
Infinitive to has an obligation/mandatory kind of sense. Present participle simply describe on-going action. The present participle is the -ing form of a verb. It is used in continuous/progressive tenses. eg present continuous = am/is/are + verb +ing = He is waiting, they are watching past continuous = was/were +verb + ing = She was walking, they were sleeping present perfect continuous = have/has been + verb + ing = I have been waiting, she has been shopping. past perfect continuous = had been + verb + ing = They had been fishing, He had been sleeping
The verb tense "will have been" is future perfect continuous tense. It is formed by using the modal verb "will," the auxiliary verb "have," and the main verb in its past participle form followed by "been" and the present participle (-ing).
Simple tenses refer to actions that are completed or recurring, such as "She eats pizza" (simple present) or "He played soccer" (simple past). Continuous tenses refer to actions that are ongoing or in progress, like "She is eating pizza" (present continuous) or "He was playing soccer" (past continuous).
Present continuous tense.
present continuous