The past progressive tense of sleep is was/were sleeping.I was sleepingWe were sleepingYou were sleepingHe/She/It was sleepingThey were sleeping
The past progressive tense of study is:I/He/She/It was studying.You/We/They were studying.
"I've always had an attitude" is in present perfect tense because it indicates a continuous action that started in the past and continues in the present.
"Sleep" can be both a noun and a verb, so you can use it in the past, present, or future tense. For example, "I slept" (past tense), "I am sleeping" (present continuous tense), and "I will sleep" (future tense).
was/were sleepingI was sleeping soundly last night when the phone rang.
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Giving is the present participle of give. Present participles are used to create the progressive tenses.Examples:am/is/are giving (present progressive)was/were giving (past progressive)will be giving (future progressive)The past tense of give is gave. The past participle is given.
Yes, "You were speaking" is an example of the past progressive tense, which indicates an ongoing action that was happening in the past. The present progressive tense would be "You are speaking."
Present progressive, past progressive, and future progressive
present perfect progressive
Present: show, Past: showed, Future: will show, Present Continuous: is showing, Present Perfect: has shown, Present Perfect Continuous: has been showing, Past Continuous: was showing, Past Perfect: had shown, Past Perfect Continuous: had been showing, Future Continuous: will be showing, Future Perfect: will have shown, Future Perfect Continuous: will have been showing.
The five progressive tenses in English are: present progressive (e.g., I am eating), past progressive (e.g., She was watching), future progressive (e.g., They will be sleeping), present perfect progressive (e.g., We have been studying), and past perfect progressive (e.g., He had been working).
The three forms of progressive tense are present progressive (e.g., "is eating"), past progressive (e.g., "was eating"), and future progressive (e.g., "will be eating").
Walking is a present participle. Present participles can be used to create the progressive (continuous) tenses. They rely on auxiliary verbs to show the tense. Examples: Am/Is/Are walking (present progressive) Was/Were walking (past progressive) Will be walking (future progressive)
The past participle of "become" is "became" and the present participle is "becoming."
The past progressive tense follows this structure: Subject + was/were + present participle
past ordinary form