Verb Tense II- Tense Consistency

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Verb Tense II- Tense Consistency
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Review Simple Tense

• Present Tense Base verb -S (unless the verb is
  irregular verb)
• She _______ to the library every two weeks
  to check out
• a new library book.
• Past Tense Base verb -ed (unless the verb is
  irregular)
• My Aunt Margie ______ in Oregon before she
  moved to Tennessee.
• Future Tense will or be going to base
  verb
• Example

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Perfect Tense

• Perfect Tense- Present Perfect Have or has -ed
  verb form (past participle)
• She _______out at that gym for the past two
  years. (She began attending that gym two years
  ago and is still going there).
• Perfect Tense- Past Perfect had -ed verb form
  (past participle)
• I had already finished my homework when my
  friend called me and invited me to go see a
  movie.
• Perfect Tense- Future Perfect I will have
  already arrived at school by the time my roommate
  wakes up to start getting ready for her 1100
  class.

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Review of Simple and Perfect Tenses

• She talks She
  had talked
• She talked
  She will talk
• She will have talked She has
  talked

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Progressive Forms
Consist of a form of the verb to be present
participle of the verb in ing form

• Each of the 6 tenses also have progressive forms.
  This just means the action is in progress.
• Progressive forms are not used with verbs
  describing mental activities. i.e. believe, know,
  and think.

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Present Progressive
Consist of a form of the verb to be present
participle of the verb in ing form

• Describes an action that is occurring right now
• Example I am sitting on this chair, listening to
  an English tutor.

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Past Progressive
Consist of a form of the verb to be present
participle of the verb in ing form

• Talking about an event that occurred during a
  specific time frame.
• Example I was washing my car while my brother
  and his friend were playing ball in the street.

• Also used with simple past to show when one
  action was in progress while another action
  occurred.
• Example I was taking notes when my professor was
  giving a lecture.

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Future Progressive
Consist of a form of the verb to be present
participle of the verb in ing form

• Describes an action that will occur during a
  period of time in the future.
• Example She will be hiking tomorrow at noon.

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Present Perfect Progressive
Consist of a form of the verb to be present
participle of the verb in ing form

• Describes the duration of an event that began in
  the past and continues through to the present.
• Example I have been watching this movie for over
  an hour.

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Past Perfect Progressive
Consist of a form of the verb to be present
participle of the verb in ing form

• describe the duration of an action that began in
  the past and continues into the present.
• Example She had been waiting for 30-minutes when
  her professor finally showed up to their meeting.

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Future Perfect Progressive
Consist of a form of the verb to be present
participle of the verb in ing form

• Describes an action that has been in progress for
  a duration of time before another event in the
  future.
• Example By the time I finish my degree in
  English, I will have been living in Seattle for
  six years.

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Review Progressive Form

• Present progressive I am writing right now.
• Past Progressive I was writing when I received
  an e-mail from my professor.
• Future Progressive I will still be writing my
  paper when the movie starts.
• Present Perfect Progressive I have been writing
  my paper for 3 hours.
• Past Perfect Progressive I had been doing
  research before I realized what my thesis would
  be.
• Future Perfect Progressive Next week I will have
  been in this class for 4 weeks.

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Controlling Shifts in Verb Tense

• If the time frame for each action is the same,
  keep the
• verb tense the same.
• As I try to swim, my brother laughed.
• As I try to swim, my brother laughs.

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Controlling Shifts in Verb Tense

• If all the verbs in the sentence happened in the
  same
• time frame, keep them in the same tense.
• Today at the barbecue, we ate hamburgers and
  enjoyed good conversation while the children
  watch a movie.
• Today at the barbecue, we ate hamburgers and
  enjoyed good conversation while the children
  watched a movie.

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Controlling Shifts in Verb Tense

• The verb tense changes even though the time frame
  
• for each action or state is the same.
• Last month I had bought a new cell phone, but
  later decided I wanted a different color.
• Last month we bought new cell phone, but later
  decided we wanted a different color.

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Do shift verb tenses when

• Showing a change in time from one action or state
  to
• another.
• My daughter loved the ring her father and I
  bought her.
• My daughter loves the ring her father and I
  bought her.

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Do shift verb tenses when

• Showing a change in time frame from one action
  or state to another.
• Before they reached Los Angeles, they already
  passed Santa Barbara.
• Before they reached Los Angeles, they had
  already passed Santa Barbara.

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Practice

• If the pest control company moved out of the
  area, I will have to find a new company to get
  rid of the ants in my kitchen.
• While the alligator swims towards the lakes
  shore, the people ran away.
• By the time I began my speech, the audience had
  already finished eating their lunch.
• Just after her career began to take off, country
  singer Patsy Cline is killed in a plane crash on
  March 5, 1963.

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Answers

• 1. If the pest control company has moved out of
  the area, I will have to find a new company to
  get rid of the ants in the kitchen.
• 2. While the Alligator swims towards the lakes
  shore,
• the people run away.
• 3. By the time I began my speech, the audience
  had already finished eating their lunch.
• 4. Just after her career began to take off,
  country singer Patsy Cline was killed in a plane
  crash on March 5, 1963.

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Practice

• The mother will wash her childs hands as soon as
  the child has finished eating her peanut butter
  and jelly sandwich.
• Everyone thinks the trip would be fun.
• Larry explained to his mother that he has
  finished all his homework.
• Suzy wants to show her little brother the post
  cards she bought in New York before 9/11.
• While he was giving his speech, Roy stood tall,
  spoke loudly, and had addressed his audience.

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Answers

• 5. Correct
• 6. Everyone thinks the trip will be fun.
• Larry explained to his mother that he had
  finished all his homework.
• Suzy wants to show her little brother the post
  cards she had bought in New York before 9/11.
• While he was giving his speech, Roy stood tall,
  spoke loudly, and addressed his audience.

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Shel Silverstein
If you are a dreamer, came in. If you are a
dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, or
had been a magic-bean-buyer. If you're a
pretender, come sit by my fire, for we had some
flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!
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Shel Silverstein
If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a
dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a
magic-bean-buyer. If you're a pretender, come sit
by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tales to
spin. Come in! Come in!
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