Progressive Forms and Perfect Tenses

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Progressive Forms and Perfect Tenses
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Progressive Forms

• The present progressive form of a verb expresses
  action or a condition that is continuing in the
  present.
• Althea is finishing her song.
• The present progressive form consists of the
  helping verb am, are, or is and the present
  participle of the main verb.

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Progressive Forms

• Present Progressive Forms

Singular Plural
I am watching We are watching
You are watching You are watching
He, she, or it is watching They are watching
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Progressive Forms

• The past progressive form of a verb expresses
  action or a condition that was continuing at some
  time in the past.
• We were watching a scary show.
• The past progressive form consists of the helping
  verb was or were and the present participle.

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Progressive Forms

• Past Progressive Forms

Singular Plural
I was working We were working
You were working You were working
He, she, or it was working They were working
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Progressive Forms

• Rewrite the sentence using the progressive form
  of the verb. If the verb is in the present
  tense, change it to the present progressive form.
  If the verb is in the past tense, change it to
  the past progressive form.
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Using Progressive Forms

• 1. Sean plays computer games.
• 2. The horses trotted around the track.
• 3. This machine worked yesterday.
• 4. Serena hurried to her dance class.
• 5. Harry and Sally take piano lessons.

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Using Progressive Forms

• 1. Sean is playing computer games.
• 2. The horses were trotting around the track.
• 3. This machine was working yesterday.
• 4. Serena was hurrying to her dance class.
• 5. Harry and Sally are taking piano lessons.

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Using Progressive Forms

• 6. The Ryans vacation at the beach.
• 7. Sharon and Joel cleaned the garage.
• 8. Courtney visits her grandmother.
• 9. I watch television with my best friend.
• 10. Billy typed a letter to his cousin.

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Using Progressive Forms

• 6. The Ryans are vacationing at the beach.
• 7. Sharon and Joel were cleaning the garage.
• 8. Courtney is visiting her grandmother.
• 9. I am watching television with my best friend.
• 10. Billy was typing a letter to his cousin.

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Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses
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Present Perfect Tense

• The present perfect tense of a verb expresses
  action that happened at an indefinite time in the
  past.
• The actor has rehearsed for many hours.
• Lori and Pam have watched Grease five
• times.

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Present Perfect Tense

• The present perfect tense consists of the helping
  verb have or has and the past participle of the
  main verb.

Singular Plural
I have watched We have watched
You have watched You have watched
He, she, or it has watched They have watched
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Past Perfect Tense

• The past perfect tense of a verb expresses action
  that happened before another action or event in
  the past.
• The past perfect tense is often used in sentences
  that contain a past-tense verb in another part of
  the sentence.
• The actors had rehearsed for many weeks.
• We had just arrived when the play started.

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Past Perfect Tense

• The past perfect tense of a verb consists of the
  helping verb had and the past participle of the
  main verb.

Singular Plural
I had started We had started
You had started You had started
He, she, or it had started They had started
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Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses

• Write the verb. Then write present perfect or
  past perfect to identify the tense.
• 1. Harry has saved a hundred dollars for a new
  bike.
• 2. The chef had decorated the wedding cake
  earlier in the day.
• 3. I have wanted a camera of my own for a long
  time.

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Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses

• 1. has saved, present perfect
• 2. had decorated, past perfect
• 3. have wanted, present perfect

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Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses

• 4. Jerry has checked his spelling twice.
• 5. You have mentioned your fabulous aunt Harriet
  many times.
• 6. I had packed my lunch during the evening
  news.
• 7. Kay and Ben have collected several hundred
  cans.

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Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses

• 4. has checked, present perfect
• 5. have mentioned, present perfect
• 6. had packed, past perfect
• 7. have collected, present perfect

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Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses

• 8. Davis bunted on his last trip to the plate.
• 9. Mitsuko has combed her hair three times.
• 10. Around midnight the butler had locked all
  the doors and windows.

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Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses

• 8. had bunted, past perfect
• 9. has combed, present perfect
• 10. had locked, past perfect