9TH GRADE

ENGLISH SUBJECT
FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
CONTINUOUS TENSES
 INTRODUCTION
You will learn about Present Continuous, Past
Continuous, Future Continuous and Present Perfect
Continuous…
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 02
PRESENT CONTINUOUS PAST CONTINUOUS
Action in progress now. Past action in progress.

03 04
PRESENT PERFECT
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
CONTINUOUS
Action in progress in the future. Action progresses until now.
 01

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
I am studying now.
IDENTIFY PRESENT CONTINUOUS
WHEN TO USE IT?

● Present action (happening at the moment of speaking):

The boys are playing the ball now.

● Temporary situation (happening around now):

I am singing at church today.
 GRAMMAR RULES

● The boys are playing the ball now.

To be: Verb-ing: V1 + (-ing)

- is  He / She / It (Present Participle)
- am  I
- are  You / We / They
● I am not writing at the moment.
For negative sentence, we add “not” in between “to be” and “verb+(-ing)”.
● What are you doing now?
For interrogative sentence, we put “the subject” in between “to be” and “verb+(-ing)”.
 TIME SIGNALS

1. Now
2. Right now
3. At the moment
4. This time
5. Today
6. This semester
7. Etc.
 02

PAST
CONTINUOUS
I was studying at 1 pm
yesterday.
IDENTIFY PAST CONTINUOUS
WHEN TO USE IT?

● actions or events that happened at a specific time in the past

What was she doing at this time yesterday?

● the background of a story written in the past tense

I was having a terrifying dream
when the alarm clock went off
at six o'clock this morning.
 GRAMMAR RULES

● I was listening to my music at this time yesterday.

To be: Verb-ing: V1 + (-ing)

- Was  He / She / It / I (Present Participle)
- Were  You / We / They

● I was not sleeping when you called me.

For negative sentence, we add “not” in between “to be” and “verb+(-ing)”.

● What were you doing at this time yesterday?

For interrogative sentence, we put “the subject” in between “to be” and “verb+(-ing)”.
 TIME SIGNALS

1. At this moment yesterday

2. Around this time last year
3. At 7 last night
4. When I was a child
5. Etc.
 03

FUTURE CONTINUOUS
I will be studying at 10 am tomorrow.
WHEN TO USE IT?

● action at a particular moment in the future

I will be playing tennis at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
 GRAMMAR RULES

● I will be working at 4 p.m. tomorrow.

Will + be Verb-ing: V1 + (-ing)

(Present Participle)
● John will not be working at 7 a.m. tomorrow.

For negative sentence, we add “not” in between “will” and “be”.

● What will you be doing at this time tomorrow?

For interrogative sentence, we put “the subject” in between “will” and “be”.
 TIME SIGNALS

1. Around this time next week

2. At 7 tomorrow
3. Etc.
 04

PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
I have been studying all day.
WHEN TO USE IT?

● Actions that started in the past and continue in the present.

I have been waiting for 2 hours.

● Actions that started in the past and have the results in the
present.
She has been playing basketball
all morning.
(She is feeling tired now.)
 GRAMMAR RULES

● I have been waiting for 2 hours.

Has + been  He / She / It Verb-ing: V1 + (-ing)

Have + been  I / We / You / They (Present Participle)

● John has not been working recently.

For negative sentence, we add “not” in between “has/have” and “been”.

● How long have you been playing?

For interrogative sentence, we put “the subject” in between “have/has” and “been”.
 TIME SIGNALS

1. All day
2. All night
3. How long …?
4. Recently
5. Since …. / since yesterday
6. For … / for two hours
7. Etc.
EXTRA
VERB TENSES
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