continuous tense
A verb tense expressing ongoing actionA verb tense expressing ongoing action; in English, any of the tenses formed with the present participle, namely present continuous ("I am dreaming"), past continuous ("I was dreaming"), present perfect continuous ("I have been dreaming"), past perfect continuous ("I had been dreaming"), future continuous ("I will be dreaming") or future perfect continuous ("I will have been dreaming").
» In the official question collection it is explained as being "passive voice of the present continuous tense".
Meaning
1 sensesA verb tense expressing ongoing action; in English, any of the tenses formed with the present participle, namely present continuous ("I am dreaming"), past continuous ("I was dreaming"), present perfect continuous ("I have been dreaming"), past perfect continuous ("I had been dreaming"), future continuous ("I will be dreaming") or future perfect continuous ("I will have been dreaming").
- a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Examples
1 sentencesIn the official question collection it is explained as being "passive voice of the present continuous tense".
Forms
plural: continuous tenses| Singular | continuous tense |
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| Plural | continuous tenses |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going:progressiveprogressive tenseimperfectimperfect tense