Grammar Basics - Progressive Tense

Perfect Progressive Tense are actions replicated over time. The time frame can be in the future or will be, in the past, and lastly it is in the present.
There are three perfect progressive tenses - present, past, and future. Present perfect progressive tense demonstrates that some type of action began in the past and it is actually continuing now. This tense is usually associated with the word 'just'. 

• I have been writing all day long.
• It has just been sleeting and snowing for over an hour.

Past perfect tense demonstrates that an action was completed in the past right before another event. This tense usually uses the words 'to have or had'.

• She had skated around the rink twice when she fell and hurt her head.
• He had shot the deer in the head after he charged him.

Future perfect tense demonstrates that an action will have been finished in the future. This tense is usually formed using the words 'will have'. 

• She will have walked two miles when she turns this curve.
• I will have walked one mile after this lap.

Basically, it will make a quite a difference in your writing when you use the correct tense forms in your sentences. Be careful to read your text out loud when you are editing as this will aid you in creating 'tight text'. 

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