SAQ 1
Read the following sentences
Present Progressive Tense: Jimmy is eating peanuts right now.
Past Progressive Tense: Jimmy was eating peanuts last Saturday.
Future Progressive Tense: Jimmy will be eating peanuts this afternoon.
SAQ-1: Comprehension Check-up.
1 Who is eating peanuts now?
2. What was Jimmy eating last Saturday? 3. When will he be eating peanuts?
SAQ 2 Answer the following questions. In sentence number 1, what be verb is used? 2. What expression was used in Present Progressive Tense? form? Future Progressive Tense? 3. Is there any helping verb used in the Future Progressive tense? 4 What is it?
Answers & Comments
1.The verb be is also used as a main verb. It is commonly found joining a subject to its complement.
2.The present progressive (auxiliary verb be + verb ending in -ing) is used to express a current action, an action in progress or an unfinished action: The children are sleeping right now.
3.The FUTURE PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates continuing action, something that will be happening, going on, at some point in the future.