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What tense is the sentence?

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tanguatlay
 
Reply Mon 20 Jun, 2016 09:57 am
There is a car being chased by the police.

Is the above sentence in present simple tense or present continuous tense? I think it is present continuous tense.

Thanks.
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George
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jun, 2016 12:43 pm
@tanguatlay,
The way I parse it, "is" is the verb and it is in the present tense.
"Being chased" is a participial phase modifying "car".
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