Hi, She's hoping = She is hoping >> present progressive (aka present continuous) I think >> simple present (NOT progressive) I/he/she was wondering >> past progressive (aka past continuous) I expect >> simple present

Huygen, By reading your post, something tells me that your English level should be beyond the question you just asked, and able to categorize the tenses already. There are 3 basic tenses: Simple past – present – future There are past

I was told that there are twelve tenses in English: 1: Simple Present Tense 2: Present Perfect Tense 3: Present Progressive Tense 4: Present Perfect Progressive Tense 5: Simple Past Tense 6: Past Perfect Tense 7: Past

Pemmican wrote: As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses: a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle c) Past Progressive

Hello again Hela Would you please explain to me your use of the future progressive in the 3 cases here? Well...this falls firmly within the category of ' post facto rationalization', but: It seems to me that the future progressive is