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 watching
With had the past perfect progressive is formed:
eg had been watching
There are four progressive verb forms in English: present progressive (am/is/are + verb+ing), past progressive (was/were + verb+ing), future progressive (will be + verb+ing), and present perfect progressive (has/have been + verb+ing).
There are three progressive verb forms in English: present progressive (am/is/are + verb-ing), past progressive (was/were + verb-ing), and future progressive (will be + verb-ing).
"Will be growing" is a verb phrase. It makes the future progressive tense of grow.
When a helping verb is used with the _______, the progressive form of the verb is created
When a helping verb is used with the _______, the progressive form of the verb is created
The progressive form of any verb is - be verb + verb-ing. egpresent progressive -- I am making lunch. My mother is making lunch. They are making lunchpast progressive -- I was making a noise. My mother was making a noise. They were making a noise.
Was listening is the progressive verb in that sentence.
A progressive verb is one which suggests continuous action - most often formed in English by using the gerund form (-ing) of a verb.
Yes. It is a present progressive verb.
The progressive present tense follows this structure:Subject + Auxiliary Verb "Be" + Verb + -ing.
Present progressive tense:I am writing.You/we/they are writing.He/she/it is writing.Past progressive tense:I/he/she/it was writing.You/we/they were writing.Future progressive tense:Will be writing.
The past progressive form of the verb "to be" is "was/were being." For example, "I was being," "He was being," "They were being."