Transcript Verb Phrases

Verb Phrases
Past
Present
Bridget Green
Future
First, meet Mie…
This is Mie:
I’m from Amagasaki.
I live in the U.S. now.
I came to the U.S. last month.
I LOVE TO STUDY!
Time
Simple
Progressive
Perfect
Perfect +
Progressive
Mie studies
every day.
Mie is
studying now.
Mie has studied English
for six years.
Mie has been studying
for 2 hours.
Mie studied
last night.
Mie was
studying when
I arrived.
Mie had studied English Mie had been studying
in Japan before she
for 2 hours when I
arrived in the U.S.
arrived.
Mie will
study
tomorrow.
Mie will be
studying when
I arrive.
Mie will have studied
before I arrive.
Mie will have been
studying for 2 hours
before I arrive.
Some things to remember:
Simple and Progressive
Present
simple doesn’t mean it’s
happening now.
It is a daily habit or a usual activity.
Some things to remember:
Simple and Progressive
Mie studies every day.
XX XXX
She doesn’t goofs off!
‘Goof off’
is slang.
It means ‘waste time’
or ‘avoid doing work.’
Some things to remember:
Simple and Progressive
If
you want to say ‘it’s happening now’,
use the present progressive.
Progressive means ‘in progress.’
be + V-ing
Some things to remember:
Simple and Progressive
Mie is studying now.
start
now
X
X
finish?
She is not watching TV!
She isn’t goofing off.
X
What’s the difference?
Simple and Progressive
Bridget lives in Spokane.
‘a habit’
‘permanent’
Mie is living in Spokane.
‘in progress at the time of speaking’
‘temporary’
This ‘temporary’ period
can be short or long.
Practice
1.
Sh! The baby _________.
is sleeping She
sleeps
usually ________
for about 2
hours every afternoon.
(sleep)
2.
Look! The kids ___________
are climbing that
tree. (climb)
3.
The moon ____
goes around the earth.
(go)
4.
is coming
Hurry the bus _____________!
I
__________
don’t want to miss it. (come/not want)
Thoughts/mental states
Some verbs usually can’t be progressive…
know
understand
believe
mean
remember
Senses
hear
see
smell
taste
touch
Feelings/Emotions
love hate need
appreciate like
want desire
Existence
be
exist
seem
appear
Possession
have
own
possess
belong
contain
Answers…
Correct?
If the sentence is wrong, please correct it.
I
am knowing your name.
This car is belonging
s to me.
I am having
e three children.
This pasta is smelling
s so good!
He is seeming
s nice.
‘see’ means
I’m seeing you.
‘meet’ here,
I’m seeing the doctor at 10. not a sense
verb
Some things to remember:
Simple and Progressive
Past
simple means it began and ended
at a specific time in the past.
Usually we know ‘when.’
V-ed (…but there are many irregular verbs.)
go- went gobuild - built
build-fall - fell
fallknowcomeknow - knew
come - came
stand stand- stood
feel-throwthrowfly - flew flyfeel - felt
- threw
etc.
etc.
Some things to remember:
Simple and Progressive
Mie studied last night.
X
She didn’t goof edoff!
…when…
Some things to remember:
Simple and Progressive
…when…
Mie lived in Hawaii when she was young.
XX XX
She didn’t live d in Japan then.
Some things to remember:
Simple and Progressive
Past
progressive is used to show
‘interrupted past.’
Progressive means ‘in progress.’
was/were + V-ing
Some things to remember:
Simple and Progressive
Mie was
studying
when
arrived.
When
I arrived
, Mie
wasI studying.
was studying
X
X
I arrived
What’s the difference?
Progressive and Progressive
When I was talking, Mie was talking notes.
Mie was taking notes
X
X
I was talking
Practice
1.
2.
3.
was sleeping when the phone _______.
rang
The baby __________
She usually _______
sleeps for about 2 hours every
afternoon, but not today! (sleep, ring, sleep)
was living in Japan when she ______
met James.
Bridget _________
was studying Japanese and __________
teaching English
He __________
playing
met
and __________
in a band when she ________
him in
met him, she _________
was
Japan. When she ______
a
teacher at GEOS! (live, meet, study, teach, play, meet,
4.
meet, be)
were you doing at 9:00 last night? (you/do)
What _____________
Some things to remember:
Perfect Tenses
Present
perfect describes an action that
began in the past but affects the present.
…or
happened sometime in the past, but we
don’t know when.
have/has
+ past participle
Some things to remember:
Perfect Tenses
Mie has already eaten.
X
…so
We
she
often
doesn’t
use need
yet, already,
to eat NOW.
and just
Finished
with in
the
the past
but perfect
affects simple.
the present…
Some things to remember:
Perfect Tenses
Mie has traveled a lot.
X
X
finish?
We use
present
perfect
This means
to
about
‘in talk
her life’.
life experience.
What’s the difference?
Simple v. Perfect
Mie has traveled a lot.
X
finish?
X
Mie traveled to Hawaii last year.
X
What’s the difference?
Simple v. Perfect
Mr. Jones has lived
here all his life.
X
X
finish?
Mr. Jones lived
here all his life.
X
Practice
1.
do
I _______
my homework every night between 7 and 9.
Now it’s 8:00, so I _____________
haven’t finished my homework yet.
(do/finish)
2.
finished their homework two hours
Ayaka and Mai _________
ago!
3.
(finish)
loves to travel. She ______________
has traveled
Isabelle ______
to
more than 20 countries.
4.
(love/travel)
have been married for twenty years. We
James and I _______________
got married
______________
in 1990.
(be married/get married)
Some things to remember:
Perfect Progressive
 Present
perfect progressive describes an action in
the recent past that has finished and you can see
a result.
 …or
one that hasn’t finished yet.
 have/has + been + past participle
Some things to remember:
Perfect
Tenses Mie has been shopping.
X
This is a recently
finished action.
X
Now she has
finished shopping,
but we see the
results!
Some things to remember:
Perfect Tenses
‘since’ tells us
when the action
began.
Mie has been studying English since 2001.
X
X
Not
finished
…began
inIt
the
hasn’t
past
and
finished
continues
yet.
to the present…
Some things to remember:
Perfect Tenses
‘for’ tells us
‘how long.’
Mie has been studying English for six years.
X
X
Not
finished
…began
in the past
and continues to
the present…
Be careful….
Simple and Progressive
Notice that
some verbs
don’t make
sense if you use
the progessive:
I have been crashing my car.
Be careful….
Simple and Progressive
Notice that
some verbs
don’t make
sense if you
use the
progessive:
I have been cutting myself.
Practice
2.
has been raining
We’re all wet! It _____________
for two hours!
has been doing homework all
Yuko ___________
day! She ________
has done ten assignments.
Wow! She needs a break!
3.
Your friend comes in. Her hands and face are dirty. Ask a
1.
question: what/you/do?
4.
What have you been doing?
How long ___________________
have you been studying
did you start
English? When ______________?
Some things to remember:
Future
There are five ways to talk about the future.
X
1. will
1. I’ll see you tomorrow.
2. (be) going to + V
2. She’s going to be a doctor.
3. present simple
3. The plane leaves at 6:15.
4. present progressive 4. I’m meeting him at four.
5. (be) about to +V
5. I’m just about to finish.
Some things to remember:
Future
Will I’ll see you tomorrow. I won’t tell anyone.
We use will when we decide to do something at the
moment of speaking.
(the phone is ringing) “I’ll get it!”
Also for
Offering: “That bag looks heavy. I’ll help you with it.”
Promising: “I’ll never tell anyone how old you really are.”
Requesting: “Will you please be quiet?”
Predicting: “Don’t worry. You’ll pass your exam.”
Some things to remember:
Future
(be) going to + V
I’m going to do my homework at 10:00.
I’m not going to goof off.
We use (be) going to + V when we decided before speaking.
(I have hair dye.) “I’m going to dye my hair pink.”
Also for
Predicting: “Don’t worry. You’re going to pass your exam.”
What’s the difference?
Will and Going to
A. “Which shirt
B. “I’ll take the
Decide now!
do you want?”
pink one.”
A. “Why
are you going
downtown?”
B. “I’m going to go downtown to
buy that pink shirt.”
Decided before!
Practice
1. A: “Are you leaving?”
‘m going to go for a walk with Tomoko.”
B: “Yes, I ___________
’ll come with you!”
A: “Oh, I ________
is knocking at the
2. A: (Knock knock…) “Someone ___________
door.”
B: “I _____
‘ll get it!”
3. A: “Dad, can you help me? My bike has a flat tire.”
‘ll help you after dinner.”
B: “Sure, I _______
(later)
have you fixed my tire yet?”
A: “Dad ____________
’m going to fix it after dinner.”
B: “No, I ____________
Some things to remember:
Future time clauses in the present
X X
do my
homework
go
downtow
n
Before I will
go downtown,
go downtown,
I’m going
I’m going
to do
tomy
do homework.
my homework.
The
simple
The
simple
present
is used
present
is used
in future
time
in future
time
clauses!
clauses.
Draw timelines for these
future sentences.
Future time clauses in the present
?
XXX
X
1.
I’m going to go downtown after I do my homework.
2.
When I see her, I’ll tell her.
3.
I’ll go jogging as soon as the rain stops.
4.
I’ll stay home if it rains tomorrow.
The simple
present is used
in these future
time clauses.
Future time clauses
5.
6.
will start before I ________.
arrive
The concert ________
get
will call you as soon as I _______
I _______
to the
airport.
7.
Ron: When you ____
see Kathy, ____________
will you give
her a big hug?
will And after I _____
Anita: I ____!
hug her, I
will tell her to call you.
_________
Some things to remember:
1 Grammar cards…
 Present
 Past
 Future
‘time
lines’
+
Simple
Progressive
Perfect
Don’t forget to
check your
homework in the
library every
week.
Finished!