English Grammar

Tenses
-Continuous-
 Continuous
Present continuous
Past continuous
Future continuous
Present perfect continuous
Past perfect continuous
Future perfect continuous
Present continuous
is composed of two partsthe
present tense of the verb to be
(am; is ; are)
+
the present participle of the
main verb (V-ing).
 be
+

Every student is
running.
 Present
Continuous
They are talking to
each other.

The sun is shining.

I am playing a computer..

He is singing..
Past continuous
is composed of two parts :
the past tense of the verb to be
(was / were)
and
the base of the main verb +ing
(V-ing).
was/
were
+

Every student was

running yesterday.
 Past
continuous
They were talking to
each other yesterday.

The sun was shining yesterday.

I was playing a computer yesterday.

He was singing yesterday.

Future continuous
is made up of two elements :
the simple future of the verb to
be will be
+
the present participle of the
verb-Ving.
Will be

Every student will be

running tomorrow.
 Future
continuous
They will be talking to
each other tomorrow.

The sun will be shining

tomorrow.
I will be playing a computer
tomorrow.

He will be singing tomorrow.

Present perfect
continuous
is composed of two partsthe
present perfect of the verb to
be (have/has been)
+
the present participle of the
main verb (V-ing).
 has
been
+

Every student has been

running for two hours.
 Present
perfect
continuous
They have been talking
to each other for two
hours.

The sun has been shining

for two days.
I have have been playing
the computer for two hours.

He has been singing for

two hours.
Past perfect continuous
is composed of two parts :
the past perfect of the verb to be
(had been)
and
the present participlr (V-ing).
 had
been
+

Every student had been

running for two hours.
 Past perfect
continuous
They had been talking to
each other for two hours.

The sun had been shining

for two days.

I had been playing the

computer for two hours.
He had been singing for two hours.
Future perfect
continuous
is made up of two elements :
the future perfect of the verb to
be (will have been)
+
the present participle of the
main verb (V-ing).
Will have
been

Every student will have

been running for hours.
 Future
perfect
continuous
They will have been talking
to each other for two hours.

I will have been playing the

computer for two hours.

He will have been

singing for two hours.