Lesson 19 Verb Forms: Present Progressive and Past Progressive
Verbs in the progressive form describe action that continues. The present progressive form of a verb describes an action that is continuing at the present time. The present progressive form consists of a helping verb (am, are, or is) plus the present participle of the main verb.
SINGULAR PLURAL
I am laughing. We are laughing.
You are laughing. You are laughing.
She, he, or it is laughing. They are laughing.
The past progressive form of a verb describes an action that was continuing at an earlier time. The past progressive form consists of a helping verb (was or were) plus the present participle of the main verb.
SINGULAR PLURAL
I was laughing. We were laughing.
You were laughing. You were laughing.
She, he, or it was laughing. They were laughing.
Notice that verbs in the progressive form always end in -ing.
Directions: Fill in the blank with the progressive form of the verb in parentheses. Change present tense verbs to the present progressive form and past tense verbs to the past progressive form.
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