Progressive Forms and Perfect Tenses

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses

• 1. has saved, present perfect

• 2. had decorated, past perfect

• 3. have wanted, present perfect

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.

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

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.

Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses

• 8. had bunted, past perfect

• 9. has combed, present perfect

• 10. had locked, past perfect