Progressive Tenses

Question 1

Present Positive Progressive Tense is:

Answer 1

~て います

Question 2

Present Negative Progressive Tense is:

Answer 2

~て いません

Question 3

Past Positive Progressive Tense is:

Answer 3

~て いました

Question 4

Past Negative Progressive Tense is:

Answer 4

~て いません でした

Question 5

たべて います

Answer 5

I am eating

Question 6

たべて いません

Answer 6

I am not eating

Question 7

たべて いました

Answer 7

I was eating

Question 8

たべて いません でした

Answer 8

I was not eating

Question 9

Progressive Verbs are treated as one whole unit and should be put at the end of sentences:

せんせいは よんて いました

Answer 9

The teacher was reading

Question 10

そのひとは えきに たって いました

Answer 10

That person was standing at the train station

Question 11

ねこは ねずみを みて います

Answer 11

The cat is watching the mouse

Question 12

しります

しって

Answer 12

Means: To learn / to know

it is generally used in two forms:

shitte imasu - used to tell somebody that you know, or have already learned this information for present info and:

shirimasen - used to indicate you are unaware of something

Question 13

しって います

Answer 13

I know

Question 14

しりません

Answer 14

I don’t know

Question 15

この ひとを しって いますか

Answer 15

Do you know this person?

Question 16

その ひとを しりません

Answer 16

I don’t know this person

Question 17

The ordinary and level way of telling somebody you already know something:

Answer 17

しって います

Question 18

The Japanese equivalent of saying “I know already, gimme a break”:

Answer 18

わかって います