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continuous tense
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continuous tense

Verb form of the past tense, present and future tense, that expresses that an action continues, as opposed to it being finished.



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This page consists of two paragraphs in the imperfect tense (to describe Pascal's life up to this point) and two paragraphs in the past historic tense (to describe what happened to him one morning on his way to school).
Studying Le Ballon rouge with false beginners by Thomas, Jacqueline / Academic Exchange Quarterly
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