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continuous tense vs past progressive tense

past progressive tense vs continuous tense

continuous tense and past progressive tense both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
continuous tense Yes No No No
past progressive tense Yes No No No
As nouns, past progressive tense is a hyponym of continuous tense; that is, past progressive tense is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than continuous tense:
  • continuous tense: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
  • past progressive tense: a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
continuous tense (noun) past progressive tense (noun)
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
Difference between continuous tense and past progressive tense

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