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last year
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next month
next year
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days
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am

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we
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at the
moment
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you
they
he
she
it

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were not + Ving

will be

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will + be Ving?
will not + be Ving

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tomorrow
next week
next month
next year
in a month
in two
days
soon
tonight

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month
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has been Ving

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had been Ving

had + been Ving?
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will have been

Ving
will + have been Ving?
will not + have been Ving

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for
since
for a long
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since
for a long
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by
before
by the time
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