Continuous Tenses
The continuous tenses (incomplete tenses) include:
- Present Continuous ("I am choosing")
- Past Continuous ("I was choosing")
- Future Continuous ("I will be choosing")
They are formed with the progressive (continuous) aspect.
This aspect indicates that an action or state, past, present, or future, was, is or will be unfinished at the time referred to.
The continuous aspect is formed by the auxiliary verb "to be" and the -ing form (the present participle).
Continuous + perfect
If we combine the continuous and perfect tenses, we get:
- Present Perfect Continuous ("I have been choosing")
- Past Perfect Continuous ("I had been choosing")
- Future Perfect Continuous ("I will have been choosing")