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Grammar Unit 3 Verbs

Refresh your knowledge on verb tenses, including progressive forms indicating ongoing actions. Learn how to form progressive tenses using present participles with auxiliary verbs. Practice various tenses through example sentences.

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Grammar Unit 3 Verbs

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  1. GrammarUnit 3 Verbs Lesson 7 Progressive forms Grade 8

  2. Let’s recap! • We know that there are 4 principal parts • Base form • The verb as it isPast • Add “ed” to the verb • Present Participle Past Participle • A form of verb to be + ing A form a verb to have + ed

  3. Let’s recap! • A verb tense tells you when the action happens. • There are three main verb tenses; past, present and future. • Each tense is divided into; simple, perfect, progressive and perfect progressive.

  4. Simple tenses

  5. Perfect Tenses Perfect tenses are always verb phrases. The helping verb in the phrase is always a form of verb to have. Basically write the verb using the past participle. The form of verb to have changes depending on the tense.

  6. Progressive form • Progressive forms indicate a continuing action • It tells the reader that the action is taking place now • The action is in progress– hence the name • In progressive forms we use the present participle: verb to be + verb+ing • To make it simpler, I am going to categorize the 6 progressive forms into 2 parts: simple progressive and perfect progressive

  7. A Progressive form of simple tenses

  8. A Progressive form of perfect tenses I added verb to have according to the tense with the word been and ended the verb with -ing

  9. Let’s try it out! • Write the verb in the tense stated in the parenthesis. • Play (present perfect progressive) • Touch (past progressive) • Jump (future perfect progressive) • Fish (future progressive) • Hear (past perfect progressive) • Listen (present perfect progressive) • Watch (past progressive) • Clean (present progressive) • Type (future perfect progressive) • Land ( past perfect progressive)

  10. Homework you guys!!!! This is me! Do related pages on the workbook and the text book . This homework is due on Monday! I’m guessing you know who this is!!

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