Transcript Verb Tenses

Verb Tenses
Simple, progressive, perfect
What is a participle?
Present participles end in -ing (carrying,
sharing, tapping).
 Past participles of regular verbs end in -ed
(carried, shared, tapped). Other forms:en, -d, -t, -n, or -ne as in the words
asked, eaten, saved, dealt, seen, and
gone.
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Progressive tense
The -ING tense
Consists of appropriate tenses of to be
(am, is, are, was, were, be, been) as
helping verbs and the present participle
(main verb ending in -ing)
Includes Present, Past, and Future
Progressive
Present Progressive
Use the present participle plus the helping
verbs am, is, or are to form the present
progressive tense.
Freddy Krueger is haunting Elm Street.
Past Progressive
Involves an action or condition that was in
progress at a time in the past
 Requires the present participle plus the
helping verbs was or were to form the
past progressive tense

Freddy was scaring the teenagers.
Future Progressive
Involves an action or condition that will continue
in the future
 Requires the present participle plus the helping
verb will be or shall be to form the future
progressive tense

Freddy will be terrorizing Elm Street fovever.
Perfect tenses
The perfect tenses use the helping verbs
has, have, or had. The three perfect
tenses are
 Present perfect
 Past perfect
 Future perfect
Present perfect
Shows that an action or condition that started in
the past has just been completed or continues
to take place into the present
 Requires the use of has or have with the past
participle of the verb to form the present perfect
tense

Freddy Krueger has frightened kids on
Elm street.
Past Perfect
Shows that one action or condition began and
was completed before another action in the
past started
 Requires the use of the helping verb had with
the past participle to form the past perfect tense
Jason Vorhees had whipped Freddy.
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Future Perfect
Indicates an action or condition that will begin
and end before a specific future time
 Requires the helping verbs shall have or will
have before the past participle of a verb to form
the future perfect tense
Freddy will have scared you before you wake.
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Which tense?
Freddy will have taken many forms by the
end of your dream.
Future Perfect or Future Progressive?
Which tense?
Jason has beaten Freddy, but only once.
Present perfect or present progressive?
Which tense?
Freddy is planning his revenge.
Present Perfect or present progressive?
Which tense?
Jason was dreaming when Freddy attacked
the first time.
Past progressive or past perfect?
Which tense?
Freddy had thought it was a good strategy.
Past perfect or past progressive?
Which tense?
Jason will be waiting on Freddy.
Future perfect or future progressive?
Why does Jason Vorhees
wear a mask?
The reason Jason Voorhees
hides his face behind a
hockey mask is to hide the
horrible disfigurement from
a Chuck Norris roundhouse
kick.