The Continuous Tenses are formed by means of the auxiliary verb to be in the Present, Past or Future Indefinite Tense and Present Participleof the main verb.
| Present | Past | Future | |
| now, at the moment | at …o’clock, from …to/till …, the whole evening, when …, while … | ||
| + / - | |||
| I am/am not Ving We are/aren’t Ving He/she/it is/isn’t Ving You/they are/aren’t Ving | was/wasn’t Ving were/weren’t Ving was/wasn’t Ving were/weren’t Ving | will (shall) be/won’t (shan’t) be Ving | |
| will be/won’t be Ving | |||
| ? | |||
| AmI Ving Arewe, you, they Ving Ishe, she, it Ving | WasI, he, she, it Ving Werewe, you, they Ving | Will(Shall)I,we be Ving Willhe, she, it you, they be Ving | |