I/He/She/It was stopping
We/You/They were stopping
present tense past tense future tense present perfect tense past perfect tense future perfect tense present progressive tense past progressive tense future progressive tense present perfect progressive tense past perfect progressive tense future perfect progressive tense
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.
The past progressive tense of "study" is "was/were studying."
Was/were starting is the past progressive tense of start.
The past progressive tense of be is was/were being.I/He/She/It was beingWe/You/They were being
"Is smiling" is the present progressive tense (third person). The past progressive tense is "was smiling".
Past progressive tense.
the form of the past tense are past progressive,past perfect progressive,past perfect simple.
The past progressive tense of ring is:I/He/She/It was ringing.They/We/You were ringing.
The past progressive tense of see is was/were seeing.I/He/She/It was seeingWe/You/They were seeing
The past progressive tense is used to express action at a particular moment in the past. The past perfect progressive tense is used in a similar way but it expresses longer actions before another action in the past.
No, it is an example of the past progressive tense. "You are speaking." is the present progressive tense.