Question

envy (enve) noun 1. a feeling of angry desire because of someone elses possessions, verb 2. desire to have something belonging to someone els is the underlined verb progressive past, presen or future tense? the bears were sleeping inside the cave.

Explanation:

The underlined verb phrase "were sleeping" uses the past tense auxiliary verb "were" plus the present participle "sleeping", which is the structure of the past progressive tense, describing an ongoing action in the past.

Answer:

Progressive past tense