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The progressive or continuous tenses of a verb are those denoting an incomplete action in progress at a specific time.

In English, the three simple progressives are formed with conjugations of the auxiliary verb be and the present participle of a verb:

  • Present progressive: I am eating, passive I am being eaten.
  • Past progressive: I was eating, passive I was being eaten.
  • Future progressive: I will (or shall) be eating, passive I will be being eaten.

See perfect tense for the perfect progressive tenses.

See also: grammatical aspect.

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