Sophia Learning
Sophia: Choosing a Present Tense
This video lesson focuses on choosing a present tense; it discusses present tense and when to use it. It lists and discusses each of the four types of present tense -- simple present, present progressive (also called present continuous),...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Choosing a Present Tense
This video lesson focuses on the choosing the correct form of a present tense verb. She uses 3 different base words and takes them through forming all forms of the present tense and what must be included in each: simple present, present...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Present Progressive
This explanation of the present progressive tense includes stem-changing present participles and those that involve spelling changes. Examples illustrate this grammar principle and a test assesses student mastery of the content.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Using the Present Progressive Tense
Present progressives describe an action in progress, or something that started in the past and is still happening. It is formed with the helping "to be" verb in the present tense and the present participle of the verb. [0:42]
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Present Continuous (Present Progressive) Tense
An explanation with examples of present progressive verb tense in sentences.
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: The Present Progressive Tense
Comprehensive online practice from Colby College is available for the present progressive tense. Regular, irregular, and stem-changing participles are included in this exercise. Utilize this self-grading online worksheet to help improve...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Choosing a Present Tense: Lesson 3
This lesson discusses how to determine which present tense verb to use in a given situation. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Choosing a Present Tense."
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Present Tense and Its Types
Learn about present tense and its types.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Verb Tenses: Grammar Rules
This page explains the three major verb tenses: past, present, and future with examples. It also offers links to information about each of these as well as the perfect, continuous, and perfect continuous of each.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: A Quiz in Identifying Tenses
In this 10 question quiz, students match names of English tenses in one column with sentences that contain those verb tenses (written in all capital letters) in another column by typing the number of the sentence in the boxes provided.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Present Continuous
A four-slide presentation introducing the present continuous verb tense (also known as present progressive verb tense) and explaining how it is used within a sentence. Examples are provided.
Quia
Quia: Challenge Board: Verb Tense
In this one or two player game, students select categories (past, present, future, past progressive, present progressive) and point values for each question. After the selection, they type in the required tense to fill in each sentence...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Progressive Verb Aspect
When something is ongoing, we say that it's in the 'progressive' or 'continuous' aspect. Test your knowledge of this grammatical aspect!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Progressive Perfect Verb Aspect
If an action has been ongoing for some time, or was once ongoing and has since completed, we say it's in the progressive perfect aspect! Test your knowledge of this grammatical aspect.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Present Continuous
This lesson introduces the present continuous tense and how it is used. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Present Perfect Continuous
This lesson introduces the present perfect continuous tense and how it is used. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
Other
Mr. Fraiha's 4th Grade e.l.a. Website: Progressive Verb Tenses
Learn about progressive verb tenses (present progressive, present continuous, past progressive, past continuous, future progressive, and future continuous) by reading, watching a video [0:52] and taking short online quizzes.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Present Perfect Continuous
This lesson introduces the present perfect continuous tense and how it is used. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 11 (Low Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of basic present progressive tense verbs that are needed in beginning English.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Present Perfect Continuous(present Perfect Progressive)tense
An explanation with examples of present perfect progressive verb tense in sentences.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Progressive Verb Tenses [Pdf]
Practice writing progressive tense verbs by writing the past, present, and future progressive tenses of each verb on this instructional activity.
Other
Esl Verbs: Present Progressive Forms
Examples, common mistakes are discussed at this ESL website. Some basic information that gives the student a good starting point.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Sequence of Tenses
This Purdue University tutorial covers active and passive voices through simple examples.
English Club
English Club: What Is Tense?
Notes and examples of verb tense including past, present, future, progressive, and perfective.