Lesson 2 of 4 ยท Grade 5 English

Continuous tenses

15 min

Continuous tenses show actions that are, or were, going on.

Present continuous: am / is / are + verb-ing

  • I am reading a story now.
  • She is cooking supper.
  • They are playing football.

Past continuous: was / were + verb-ing

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