http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aFootball+tag%3aPresent+progressiveSearch results for 'tag:Football tag:Present progressive' matching tags 'Football' and 'Present progressive'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vcrrk/post.htm#343920Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:37:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343920user_gary Tanglish wrote Hi all I can easily indentified the present past future tenses but I don t know anything about Present Participle and Past Participle Tenses Could anyone explain me with example and when I have to use that tenses Thanks I don t understand exactly what you mean Here is some basics that might help you Verb has four forms prsent simple Break hold make drink write Past simple Broke held made drank wrote Past participle broken held made drunk written Present participle breaking holding making drinking writing Note sometimes simple past and past participle has same forms e g held held made made As I told you above Present participle is ing form of verbs Present participle is used to write present progressive present perfect progressive past progressive past perfect progressive future progressive future perfect progressive E g I am reading books Here reading is present participle It is present progressive sentence I have been playing football for five hours Here playing is present participle been is past participle It is present perfect progressive sentence Past participle is used to write perfect tenses e g Present perfect present perfect progressive past perfect past perfect progressive future perfect future perfect progressive e g I have made this book here made is past participle It is present perfect sentence I have been asking questions for 7 hours here been is past participle asking is present participle It is present perfect progressive sentence http://www.englishforums.com/English/IngForm/vbqzp/post.htm#343721Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:45:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343721philip User_gary wrote I have learnt that ing form can be used in three forms I am playing football It is present progressive sentence Here playing is verb So it is verb present participle I am fond of swimming Here swimming is gerund We had a drink of the sparkling water Here sparkling is adjective present participle So I think ing form can be used in three forms acting like verb adjective noun Am I right Yes http://www.englishforums.com/English/IngForm/vbqzw/post.htmMon, 26 Mar 2007 15:29:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343714user_garyI have learnt that ing form can be used in three forms I am playing football It is present progressive sentence Here playing is verb So it is verb present participle I am fond of swimming Here swimming is gerund We had a drink of the sparkling water Here sparkling is adjective present participle So I think ing form can be used in three forms acting like verb adjective noun Am I right