Published On Nov 18, 2022
Did you know there are 8 ways that we can use the continuous tense in English? It can help us to complain, to be polite, to make plans, to talk about temporary things and to tell good stories. I explain everything about the continuous tense (or "progressive tense") in today's video to help you to express yourself better in English.
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00:00 The Continuous Tense in English
00:30 How to form the continuous tense in English
01:29 Present continuous for things happening now
3:24 Past continuous for setting the scene
4:48 Continuous actions v short actions
6:22 Continuous tense for temporary habits
7:47 Continuous tense for temporary situations
8:41 Present continuous for future plans
9:27 Future continuous to sound polite
10:26 Continuous with Always to complain
12:01 Quiz
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Which of these sentences is correct? She always leaves her clothes on the floor. Or, she is always leaving her clothes on the floor. Well, they're actually both correct, but this one in the continuous tense, has a much stronger message. And this is one of the 8 ways we have to use the continuous tense in English.
Before I tell you why and when to use it, let's first have a look at how to form the continuous tenses in English. So the simple tenses is the subject like i, you, he, she, and then the verb. I eat. He went, in the past. She will play, in the future with will. But the continuous tense includes the verb to be. We put the subject, then the verb to be and then the main verb in the -ing form. So I am watching. You were playing. She will be eating.
So we can put it in the tense that we want. We just have to conjugate the verb to be. Am, was, will be, would be, has been. That's the bit that changes depending on the tense, but everything else stays the same. So let's learn when to use the continuous tense in English and not the simple tense. Let's go.
One of the more basic explanations of when we use the continuous and when we use the simple tense in English is that we use the continuous tense for things that are happening now and the simple tense for things that happen always. So on a Saturday morning, at 7:00 in the morning and my daughter is talking to me and asking me questions, I say, oh, what, sure, I'm waking up. Don't talk to me just yet. I'm waking up, OK? Because I'm in the process of waking up. It's happening now, when I'm speaking.
However, I could say, I wake up at 7:00 every day. I wake up at 7:00 because that's something that happens always. Maybe half past 7. But it's a general rule. If it's happening now, if we're talking about something that's happening now, we use the present continuous. And if we're talking about something that happens always, we use the present simple.
So what about this? She always leaves her clothes on the floor. She is always leaving her clothes on the floor. Surely if we're talking about something that happens always, we need the simple tense, right? Well, not always. I'll tell you about this a little bit later in the video and how the second option is actually better in this situation.
But for now, let me ask you a question. What are you doing now? Your answer has to be in the present continuous tense because you're telling me what you are doing right now. I'm watching a video. I'm learning about the continuous tense in English. I'm walking down the street and I'm listening to the video. I'm eating. I'm having a cup of tea.
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