{"id":692,"date":"2022-04-20T05:34:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T05:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=692"},"modified":"2025-10-03T07:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T07:29:19","slug":"e-cc-4-use-the-progressive-verb-tenses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-cc-4-use-the-progressive-verb-tenses\/","title":{"rendered":"E- CC.4 Use the progressive verb tenses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" 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-large-font-size wp-elements-839bab2a1c15b72e612ced83fb47eefc\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>Key Notes: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83d\udcdd Use the Progressive Verb Tenses<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Progressive verb tenses show <strong>actions that are ongoing<\/strong> or <strong>happening at a specific time<\/strong>. They are also called <strong>continuous tenses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Present Progressive (is\/are\/am + verb-ing)<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Use:<\/strong> Action happening <strong>right now<\/strong> \u23f0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Structure:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Subject + am\/is\/are + verb-ing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>am reading<\/strong> a book \ud83d\udcd6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She <strong>is playing<\/strong> soccer \u26bd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They <strong>are watching<\/strong> TV \ud83d\udcfa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use <strong>am<\/strong> with <strong>I<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use <strong>is<\/strong> with <strong>he, she, it<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use <strong>are<\/strong> with <strong>we, you, they<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong><strong>Past Progressive (was\/were + verb-ing)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Use:<\/strong> Action that was happening <strong>at a specific time in the past<\/strong> \u23f3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Structure:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Subject + was\/were + verb-ing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>was sleeping<\/strong> \ud83d\udecc at 9 PM last night<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He <strong>was studying<\/strong> \ud83d\udcda when I called<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They <strong>were playing<\/strong> \ud83c\udfbe in the garden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use <strong>was<\/strong> with <strong>I, he, she, it<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use <strong>were<\/strong> with <strong>we, you, they<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong><strong><strong>Future Progressive (will be + verb-ing)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Use:<\/strong> Action that <strong>will be happening at a specific time in the future<\/strong> \ud83d\udd2e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Structure:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Subject + will be + verb-ing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>will be traveling<\/strong> \u2708\ufe0f next week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She <strong>will be studying<\/strong> \ud83d\udcd6 at 5 PM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They <strong>will be playing<\/strong> \ud83c\udfae tomorrow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Key Points to Remember<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Progressive tenses show <strong>action in progress<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Always use the <strong>correct helping verb<\/strong> (am, is, are, was, were, will be)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add <strong>-ing<\/strong> to the main verb \u2728<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can be used with <strong>time expressions<\/strong>: now, at the moment, while, when<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Examples <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Right now: I <strong>am eating<\/strong> \ud83c\udf4e an apple<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yesterday evening: They <strong>were dancing<\/strong> \ud83d\udc83 at the party<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tomorrow at 6 PM: We <strong>will be watching<\/strong> \ud83c\udfac a movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\"><strong>Let&#8217;s practice!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a 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They are also called continuous tenses. Present Progressive (is\/are\/am + verb-ing) Use: Action happening right now \u23f0 Structure: Examples: Tips: Past Progressive (was\/were + verb-ing) Use: Action that<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-cc-4-use-the-progressive-verb-tenses\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;E- CC.4 Use the progressive verb tenses&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-692","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17197,"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692\/revisions\/17197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}