Auxiliary Verbs: to be

Auxiliary Verbs: to be

To be is used with the present participle (ing form) of the main verb to indicate an action that is currently happening.   Example: She is studying for her exam.

Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary Verbs are used to form various tenses, moods, and voices in English sentences.   Auxiliary verbs are also used to make negative sentences, questions, and contractions.  

The Future Perfect Continuous in the Past

The Future Perfect Continuous in the Past

The Future Perfect Continuous in the Past is a tense used to talk about an ongoing action that was expected to be completed at a specific point in the past. It is formed using the past participle of will have been (which is would have been) and the present participle form (-ing) of the main verb.