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Latest post Thu, Nov 20 2003 6:25 PM by Franky. 1 replies.
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Franky  +  13587 Thu, 20 Nov 03 06:25 PM
Who can help on how to use the correct tenses:

Present Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous

Past Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous

Thanks
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Pemmican  +  13604 Fri, 21 Nov 03 12:16 AM
In General, the Continuous tenses express actions that are/were "in progress" at a certain time, therefore they are also called "Progressive tenses".

1) Present Continuous or Present Progressive is used, when the action is happening just right now in this moment:
"I'm answering your question right now."
Key words are very often: (right) now, or at the moment.

2) Present Perfect Continuous is used to express an action, that started anytime in the past and is still going on:
"I've been working in the garden for 3 hours". - means that I've worked 3 hours already and I've not yet finished working. I have to go on for another hour.

3) Past Continuous expresses a background action that was in progress, while another event took place:
"It was raining while my dad came home."

4) Past Perfect Continuous is used to express an action that had been in progress for a certain time in the past and stopped before another action started:
"I had been working for 5 hours before I went home"

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