The document provides information about the present progressive and past progressive verb tenses in English. It explains that the present progressive tense indicates an action that is happening now, and gives examples like "He is writing a letter now." The past progressive tense indicates an action that was ongoing in the past, like "Tom was eating out last night." Formations, questions, and negative forms are also demonstrated for both tenses.

1. Escuela de Educación Continua
Repaso para la Prueba de Evaluación
y Admisión Universitaria
(College Board)
INGLÉS
Verb Tenses
Present Progressive and Past Progressive
Preparado por
Prof. Carmen Cembalest, Enero 1994
Revisado por
Prof. Thelvenitsie Hernández, Junio 2006

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3. II. Present Progressive and Past Progressive
A. Present Progressive: Indicates an action that is happening at the moment of
speaking. (Now, right now, at present, at this moment).
Formation:
I am
He + ing form of verb.
She is
It
They
You are + ing form of verb.
We
Example: He is writing a letter now.
We are having fun at this moment.
Questions Form:
Verb Be + Subject + ing form of verb + rest of sentence
Is he writing a letter now.
Are we having fun at this moment.
Negative Form:
Subject + Verb Be + not + ing form of verb + rest of sentence
He is not writing a letter now.
We are not having fun at this moment.
B. Past Progressive
Indicates an action that was going on when another action took place.
Formation:
I
He was + ing form of the verb.
She
It
They
You were + ing form of the verb
We

4. Example: Tom was eating out last night.
We were watching a horror movie last week.
Question Form:
Verb Be past + Subject + ing form of verb + rest of sentence.
Was Tom eating out last night?
Were you watching a horror movie last week?
Negative Form:
Subject + Verb Be past + not + ing form of verb + rest of sentence.
Tom was not eating out last night.
We were not watching a horror movie last week?