{"id":714,"date":"2022-04-19T09:35:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T09:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=714"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T10:31:47","slug":"e-ii-13-use-the-progressive-verb-tenses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-ii-13-use-the-progressive-verb-tenses\/","title":{"rendered":"E- II.13 Use the progressive verb tenses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-huge-font-size\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong>Use the progressive verb tenses<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-aae0d72b0df05b1a7d05750bd97517d2\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>Key Notes :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-649b7443af9448b343426db63b21c70f\">\u270f\ufe0f<strong>Use the Progressive Verb Tenses<\/strong> \ud83c\udf89<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83d\udd39 What are Progressive Verb Tenses? \ud83e\udd14<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Progressive tenses show that an action is <strong>happening<\/strong>, <strong>was happening<\/strong>, or <strong>will be happening<\/strong> at a certain time.<br>\ud83d\udc49 They use the verb <strong>\u201cto be\u201d<\/strong> (is, am, are, was, were, will be) + a verb ending in <strong>-ing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83c\udf1f Types of Progressive Verb Tenses<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Present Progressive<\/strong> \ud83d\udd70\ufe0f<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Action is <strong>happening right now<\/strong>.<br>\u2705 Structure: <strong>am\/is\/are + verb(-ing)<\/strong><br>\ud83d\udca1 Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>am reading<\/strong> a story. \ud83d\udcd6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She <strong>is playing<\/strong> the piano. \ud83c\udfb9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They <strong>are running<\/strong> in the park. \ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> <strong>Past Progressive<\/strong> \u23f3<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Action was <strong>happening in the past<\/strong>.<br>\u2705 Structure: <strong>was\/were + verb(-ing)<\/strong><br>\ud83d\udca1 Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>was writing<\/strong> a letter yesterday. \u270d\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They <strong>were watching<\/strong> TV last night. \ud83d\udcfa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He <strong>was cooking<\/strong> dinner. \ud83c\udf73<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Future Progressive<\/strong> \ud83d\udd2e<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Action will be <strong>happening in the future<\/strong>.<br>\u2705 Structure: <strong>will be + verb(-ing)<\/strong><br>\ud83d\udca1 Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>will be studying<\/strong> tomorrow. \ud83d\udcda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She <strong>will be dancing<\/strong> at the party. \ud83d\udc83<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We <strong>will be traveling<\/strong> next week. \u2708\ufe0f<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83c\udfaf Quick Tips \ud83d\udcdd<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2728 Always use <strong>-ing verbs<\/strong> with progressive tenses.<br>\u2728 Look for <strong>time clues<\/strong> like <em>now, yesterday, tomorrow, next week<\/em>.<br>\u2728 Use the <strong>right helping verb<\/strong> (am\/is\/are\/was\/were\/will be).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83c\udf08 Fun Practice Sentences \ud83c\udfb2<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill in the blanks with the correct progressive tense:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She ___ (read) a 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