Question

Which sentence contains a progressive verb?

A. This filter will clean our pool water.

B. The sun is setting later nowadays.

C. Meg has collected coins for many years.

D. The hamburgers had grown cold.

Answer 1

The sentence that contains a progressive verb is (B) “The sun is setting later nowadays.” In this particular sentence, the present progressive is used to refer to actions that are in progress in the present time. It is formed by person/thing or pronoun + am/is/are + verb-ing.

Answer 2

The progressive tense is a verb tense that indicates a continuing action or an action in progress. So the progressive verb is always formed with the verb to be, the sun is setting later nowadays is the right one.