 Hello, welcome back! I'm Mark. Nice to see you. I've been trying to make an interesting lesson We're staying with my brother while our house is being repainted Jessica called me while I was having dinner last night. Tronah will be getting larger in the coming years Rome is having an urban change Everyone seems to be studying for an English exam these days. In this lesson We're going to take a look at continuous verb forms. So stay tuned So by now, you know generally speaking that continuous stances are those actions that are happening around the moment of speaking Or at the moment of speaking they actually emphasize the action itself These stances are present continuous, past continuous, present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous Future continuous and the past forms. Yeah, I understand what you're looking so confused Don't worry if you want to review those stances you may click here In order to make the lesson simple, I've divided the usage in six groups So let's take a look at them. The first group To describe actions happening over a period of time And this is what we usually use it for right the continuous stances I mean, so let's take a look at my first introductory example I've been trying to make an interesting lesson. So what tense is this? Yes, this is the present Perfect continuous. I've been trying to make an interesting lesson So we know that present perfect continuous is an action that started Somewhere in the past. We don't care exactly when and continuous up to now I've been trying to make an interesting lesson So that means that sometime in the past I start it, okay Trying to make an interesting lesson and I continue up to the moment of speaking Let's just take a look at my second example. I see you're learning English. Yes, right now I see I understand in this case. It means I see I understand You're learning English. Yes, you're learning English That means that is something that you're doing at the moment of speaking You're learning English around the moment of speaking at the moment of speaking over a period of time That's right. Let's take a look at the second usage when an action is temporary We're staying with my brother while our house is being painted Now a close attention here because we have two Continuous forms so we're staying with my brother in this period. So it's temporary in this period I'm staying with my brother. So I'm staying in this period continuous forms While our house is being painted. Okay, so what is this? What tense is this? Yes, it's the passive what type of passive is the present continuous passive Why I say that? Because is being painted is in the process of being painted, right? So is plus the inform is being and then painted somebody else does it, right? So is being painted For a passive sentence We don't care who is doing the action if you want to watch a lesson on passives you may click here However is being painted. So my house is being painted. I don't care who is doing it Let's take a look at my second example He was surfing the net while waiting for a call what happens here We have a tense which tense is this is the past continuous, but look at this verb He was surfing the net while waiting for a call. What tense is that? It's past continuous. Why because it's the same as saying He was surfing the net while he was waiting for a call We don't need to repeat the subject and the auxiliary of the original sentence So he was surfing the net while He was waiting. We don't need it waiting for a call. It's the same thing The third usage talks about happening around a point of time And my example was Jessica called me while I was having dinner last night So Jessica what tense is this? Past simple. Yes, Jessica called me Because I know when she called me While and then an action that it was happening around that time. So around the point of time I was having dinner last night and last night is the point of reference of the past simple, right? So Jessica called me while I was having dinner last night Let's take a look at another example at two o'clock. Sue was still waiting for the bus to arrive What tense is this? Yes, past continuous again And still is what is an adverb of time? Yes Sue was still waiting for the bus to arrive So we have the time the point of time or around the point of time Sue was still waiting for the bus to arrive So she was sitting maybe she was reading and she was waiting for the bus to arrive Let's take a look at the fourth usage When you want to specify a change or development So Toronto will be getting larger in the coming years. So we have what tense here? Yes future simple continuous Toronto Toronto will be getting larger in the coming years So will be look at be the verb to be plus ing will be getting larger in the coming years So will become larger in the coming years So it is going to change and it's going to develop and become larger or My son is becoming more and more intelligent. So it's a change here. We specify a change and Because he's becoming more and more intelligent and we used the present continuous So for the fifth usage I wrote when an action is incomplete like in my example Rome is having an urban change. So something is changing and it's incomplete, right? But it will change for sure. So Rome is having an urban change Is having is the present continuous? That's right. Is having an urban change? Let's take a look at another example You were watching my lesson before your mother walked in the room And you couldn't finish watching the lesson, right? So what tense is this? Us continuous. That's right. You were watching my lesson before Your mother walked in the room. So you couldn't finish watching the lesson and it's incomplete Now I'm going to erase this and we're going to look at the sixth Usage so stay tuned For the last usage we use the form b plus ing To give emphasis to an action in progress at a specific time Just like my example Everyone seems to be studying b plus ing Seem to be studying for an English exam these days So I give emphasis to this fact that Everyone seemed to be studying for an English exam these days Be careful not to confuse states and action verbs Sometimes though they can be both states and action verbs like in my example the verb to have I have a white car. I possess. I own a white car Versus I was having a shower when you called Well in this case have takes part of an expression to have a shower or to take a shower If you want to watch a lesson on state of or dynamic verbs you can click here So that's it for today. 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