Which of the following is an example of the present progressive tense?
You have been running around the bases.
You had ran around all the bases.
You are running around the bases.
You were running around the bases.

Question

Which of the following is an example of the present progressive tense?
You have been running around the bases.
You had ran around all the bases.
You are running around the bases.
You were running around the bases.

tatumlee · Answer

have, had, are, were do you know which one of these is present tense?

anonymous · Answer

have?

tatumlee · Answer

if someone comes up to you and is all sweaty you could say "you have been running around the bases" which means they already did it which is the past

tatumlee · Answer

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

anonymous · Answer

"You are running around..." because the action is in the present and continues.

tatumlee · Answer

How can people learn for themselves if you just give them the answer?