Progressive/ Continuous Tenses

Present Progressive = IS/ARE/AM + VERB+ING

An action which is happening NOW for a this week, year or month and is temporary.
For Ex: The students are reading the notes that Ms Jasline has uploaded.

Past progressive = was/were+ verb+ing
~An action was in the middle of happening at a certain time in the past.
For ex: I was sleeping at 12 a.m. last night means at 12 a.m. i was already deep in my sleep, in the MIDDLE of the action.

~ 2 past actions were happening together without interruption from either one.
For ex: While the teacher was teaching in class, her students were taking down notes. These 2 actions were in progress at the same time in the past.

~ 2 past actions but a shorter actually interrupted or happened during the progressive action.
For ex: While Tom was trying to change the light bulb, he slipped and fell. So he was in the middle of changing the bulb when he actually slipped and fell.

Future Progressive~Will be verb+ing

= An action that will be happening or progressive at a certain time or when a certain action happens in the future.

For Ex: I know Lim sleeps every night at 10; you asked me if you could visit her at 10.30, I would say no because if you go at 10.30 p.m. you won't meet her because she will be sleeping then.