A riddle about tensesOnline version Think and find the answer to the tense by Edwin René Vilchis Villavicencio 1 Hints 1 It can also used to show that an action is going to take place in the near future. 2 You can use this tense to talk about actions that are happening at the present time, but not necessarily at the exact moment of speaking. 3 4 Its structure in affirmative sentences is: Subject + Verb to be + Verb-ing + complement.