Verb Phrases
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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
Tenses
Progressive
Tenses
Perfect Tenses
Perfect +
Progressive Tenses
Mie studies
every day.
Mie is
studying now.
Mie has studied English
a lot.
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:
Present Simple
Present
simple doesn’t mean it’s
happening now.
It is a daily habit or a usual activity.
Some things to remember:
Present Simple
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:
Present 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:
Present 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?
Present Simple and Present 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
know
understand
believe
mean
remember
Feelings/Emotions
Some verbs usually can’t be progressive…
love hate need
Senses
hear
see
smell
taste
touch
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.
I’m seeing you.
Some things to remember:
Past Simple
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.)
build-fall - fell
fallgo- went gobuild - built
knowcomestandknow - knew come - came stand - stood
flyfeelthrowfly - flew feel - felt throw - threw
etc.
Some things to remember:
Past Simple
Mie studied last night.
X
She didn’t goof edoff!
…when…
Some things to remember:
Past Simple
…when…
Mie lived in Hawaii when she was young.
XX XX
She didn’t live d in Japan then.
Some things to remember:
Past Progressive
Past
progressive is used to show
‘interrupted past.’
Progressive means ‘in progress.’
was/were + V-ing
Some things to remember:
Past Progressive
Mie was
studying
when
arrived.
When
I arrived
, Mie
wasI studying.
was studying
X
X
I arrived
What’s the difference?
Past Progressive
When I was talking, Mie was taking notes.
Mie was taking notes
X
X
I was talking
Practice
1.
2.
3.
was sleeping when the phone _______.
rang
The baby __________
(sleep/
ring)
She usually _______
sleeps for about 2 hours every
afternoon, but not today! (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:
Present Perfect
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:
Present Perfect
Mie has studied English a lot.
X
X
finish?
We use
This means
present
perfect
‘intalk
her about
life’.
to
life experience.
Some things to remember:
Present Perfect
Mie has already eaten.
X
We doesn’t
often use
…so she
need
yet,toalready,
and just
eat NOW.
with
Finished
in the past
presentthe
perfect.
but affects
present…
What’s the difference?
Present Perfect vs. Past Simple
Mie has studied English a lot.
X
finish?
X
Mie studied English
in Hawaii last year.
X
What’s the difference?
Present Perfect vs. Past Simple
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/not finish)
2.
finished their homework two hours
Ayaka and Mai _________
ago!
(finish)
3.
loves to travel. She ______________
has traveled
Isabelle ______
to
4.
more than 20 countries. (love/travel)
been married for over thirty
Phil and Peggy have
_______________
got married
years. They ______________
in 1978. (be married/get married)
Some things to remember:
Future
There are five ways to talk about the future.
X
1. will
1. Mie will study 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!”
Meanings for will
Volunteering
“I hear the phone ringing. I’ll get it!”
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 do you
want?”
B. “I’ll take the pink one.”
Decide now!
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 Saki.”
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:
Grammar cards…
Present
Past
Future
‘time
lines’
+
Simple
Progressive
Perfect
Look at this
powerpoint again
on
www.mfwi.edu
Grammar Links
Don’t forget to
check your
homework in the
library every
week.
Finished!
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:
Pronunciation of Verb Phrases
Phrases
are usually pronounced as one unit, not as
separate words.
She has been writing to her mom every week.
She zbinraiding to her mom every week.
Some things to remember:
Guess what these verb phrases are…
I
mgonnago downtown.
He znevebin to England.
Tomoe wuzntakin a bath when the fire
alarm wenoff.
It haznbinraining; it sbinsnowing.
Mark ‘letchaknow what your homework is.
Some things to remember:
2 Grammar cards…
Present
Past
Future
‘time
lines’
+
Simple
Progressive
Perfect
Don’t forget to
check your
homework in the
library every
week.
Finished!