Grammar Unit 3 Verbs

1. GrammarUnit 3 Verbs Lesson 7 Progressive forms Grade 8

2. Let’s recap! • We know that there are 4 principal parts • Base form • The verb as it isPast • Add “ed” to the verb • Present Participle Past Participle • A form of verb to be + ing A form a verb to have + ed

3. Let’s recap! • A verb tense tells you when the action happens. • There are three main verb tenses; past, present and future. • Each tense is divided into; simple, perfect, progressive and perfect progressive.

4. Simple tenses

5. Perfect Tenses Perfect tenses are always verb phrases. The helping verb in the phrase is always a form of verb to have. Basically write the verb using the past participle. The form of verb to have changes depending on the tense.

6. Progressive form • Progressive forms indicate a continuing action • It tells the reader that the action is taking place now • The action is in progress– hence the name • In progressive forms we use the present participle: verb to be + verb+ing • To make it simpler, I am going to categorize the 6 progressive forms into 2 parts: simple progressive and perfect progressive

7. A Progressive form of simple tenses

8. A Progressive form of perfect tenses I added verb to have according to the tense with the word been and ended the verb with -ing

9. Let’s try it out! • Write the verb in the tense stated in the parenthesis. • Play (present perfect progressive) • Touch (past progressive) • Jump (future perfect progressive) • Fish (future progressive) • Hear (past perfect progressive) • Listen (present perfect progressive) • Watch (past progressive) • Clean (present progressive) • Type (future perfect progressive) • Land ( past perfect progressive)

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