PROGRESSIVE ASPECT Flashcards
1
Q
It portrays a event in a way that allows for it to be incomplete, or somehow limited;
imperfective in sense.
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PROGRESSIVE Aspect
2
Q
describes ongoing actions happening now or around the present
Extended present (the action will end and therefore lacks the permanence of the
simple present tense)
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Present progressive/continuous
3
Q
actions that were happening at the specific time in the past.
An action in progress at a specific point of time in the past:
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past progressive/continuous
4
Q
Actions that will be happening at specific time in the future
-Subject + will + be + present participle of the verb An action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future
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Future progressive/continuous
