hello welcome back - I'm Marc nice to see you
I've been trying to make an interesting lesson we're staying with my brother
while our house is being repainted Jessica called me while I was having
dinner last night - Toronto will be getting larger in the coming years
Rome is having an urban change - Everyone seems to be studying for an English exam
these days - in this lesson we're going to take a look at continuous verb forms so
stay tuned
so by now you know generally speaking that continuous tenses are those actions
that are happening around the moment of speaking or at the moment of speaking
they actually emphasize the action itself these tenses are present
continuous past continuous present perfect continuous past perfect
continuous future continuous and the passive forms yeah I understand why
you're looking so confused don't worry if you want to review those tenses you may
click here - in order to make the lesson simple I've divided the usage in six
groups so let's take a look at them the first group to describe actions
happening over a period of time and this is what we usually use it for right the
continuous tenses I mean - so let's take a look at my first introductory example
I've been trying to make an interesting lesson so what tense is this yes this is
the present perfect continuous I've been trying to make an interesting lesson so
we know that present perfect continuous is an action that started some somewhere
in the past we don't care exactly when and continues up to now I've been
trying to make an interesting lesson so that means that sometime in the past I
started ok trying to make an interesting lesson and I continue up to the moment
of speaking - let's just take a look at my second example I see you're learning
English yes right now I see I understand in this case it means I see I understand
you're learning English yes you're learning English that means that is
something that you're doing at the moment of speaking you're learning
English around the moment of speaking at the moment of speaking over a period of
time that's right let's take a look at the second usage when an action
is temporary we're staying with my brother while our house is being painted
now pay close attention here because we have two continuous forms so we're
staying with my brother in this period so it's temporary
in this period I'm staying with my brother so I'm staying in this period
continuous forms while our house is being painted okay so what is this what
tense is this yes is the passive what type of passive is the present
continuous passive why I say that because is being painted is in the
process of being painted right so is plus the ING form is being and then
painted somebody else does it right so is being painted for a passive sentence
we don't care who is doing the action if you want to watch a lesson on passives
you may click here however is being painted so my house is being painted I
don't care who is doing it let's take a look at my second example he was surfing
the net while waiting for a call what happens here we have a tense which tense
is this it's the past continuous but look at this verb he was surfing the net
while waiting for a call what tense is that it's past continuous why because
it's the same as saying he was surfing the net while he was waiting for a call
we don't need to repeat the subject and the auxiliary of the original sentence
so he was surfing the net while he was waiting we don't need it
waiting for a call it's the same thing the third usage talks about
happening around a point of time and my example was Jessica called me while I
was having dinner last night so Jessica what tense is this past
simple yes Jessica called because I know when she called me while
and then an action that it was happening around that time and so around the point
of time I was having dinner last night that last night is the point of
reference of the past simple right so Jessica called me while I was
having dinner last night let's take a look at another example at two o'clock
Sue was still waiting for the bus to arrive what tense is this yes past
continuous again and still is what is an adverb of time yes
Sue was still waiting for the bus to arrive so we have the time the point of
time or around the point of time Sue was still waiting for the bus to arrive so
she was sitting maybe she was reading and she was waiting for the bus to
arrive let's take a look at that fourth usage when you want to specify a change
or development so Toronto will be getting larger in the coming years so we have
what turns here yes future continuous Toronto Toronto will be
getting larger in the coming years so will be look at be the verb to be plus
ing will be getting larger in the coming years so will become larger in the
coming year so it is going to change and it's going to develop and become larger
or my son is becoming more and more intelligent - so it's a change here we
specify a change and because he's becoming more and more intelligent and
we used the present continuous so for the fifth usage I wrote when an action
is incomplete like in my example Rome is having an
urban change so something is changing and is incomplete right but it will
change for sure so Rome is having an urban change is having is the present
continuous that's right is having an urban change let's take a look at
another example you were watching my lesson before your mother walked in the
room and you couldn't finish watching the lesson right so what tense is this
past continuous that's right you were watching my lesson before your mother
walked in the room so you couldn't finish watching the lesson and it's
incomplete now I'm going to erase this and we're going to look at the sixth
usage so stay tuned for the last usage we use the form BE plus ING to give
emphasis to an action in progress at a specific time
just like my example everyone seems to be studying BE+ ing seemed to be studiying
for an English exam these days so I give emphasis to this fact that everyone
seemed to be studying for an English exam these days be careful not to
confuse state and action verbs sometimes though they can be both state and action
verbs like in my example the verb to have I have a white car I possess I own
a white car versus I was having a shower when you called
well in this case have takes part of an expression to have a shower or to take a
shower if you want to watch a lesson on static or dynamic verbs you can click
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