Verbs and Verb Tenses

Needwood Middle School7th Grade ELA

What is a verb?

• A verb is a word that shows action or being.

What are verb tenses?• A verb may be in one of three

tenses:

– Past (yesterday)

– Present (today)

– Future (tomorrow)

Memory tip: Tense means “time”.

What are verb aspects? • There are four main

aspects for verbs:– Simple– Perfect– Progressive or

Continuous

– Perfect Progressive

Memory tip: Aspect means “appearance”.

Summarize

• Talk to your partner. Discuss the following:

1.What is a verb?2.How many verb tenses are there? What are

they? What does the word, tense, mean?3.How many verb aspects are there? What are

they? What does the word, aspect, mean?

Graphic OrganizerASPECT

Future (tomorrow)

Present (today)

Past (yesterday)

Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect Progressive

Simple Aspect

• This is the three tenses you learned in elementary school.

PresentPast Future

Graphic OrganizerASPECT

Future (tomorrow)

Present (today)

Past (yesterday)

I studied.I wrote.

I study.I write.

I will study.I will write.

“tensed”

Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect Progressive

Perfect Aspect

• Perfect means it’s finished. It’s not happening any more.

• Use the “tensed” form of have + the past participle.

• The past participle usually ends in –ed.

Memory tip: Little Red Riding Hood

“Ah, Grandmother! What perfect teeth you have!”

Graphic OrganizerASPECT

Future (tomorrow)

Present (today)

Past (yesterday)

I studied.I wrote.

I study.I write.

I will study.I will write.

I had studied.I had written.

I have studied.I have written.

I will have studied. I will have written.

“tensed”“tensed” have

+ past participle

Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect Progressive

Progressive Aspect

• Progressive means it’s continuous, or still happening.

• Use the “tensed” form of be + the present participle.

• The present participle ends in –ing.

Summarize

• What’s the difference between the past participle and the present participle?

Graphic OrganizerASPECT

Future (tomorrow)

Present (today)

Past (yesterday)

I studied.I wrote.

I study.I write.

I will study.I will write.

I had studied.I had written.

I have studied.I have written.

I was studying.I was writing.

I will have studied. I will have written.

I am studying.I am writing.

I will be studying.I will be writing.

“tensed”“tensed” have

+ past participle

“tensed” be + present

participle

Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect Progressive

Perfect Progressive Aspect

• Perfect Progressive is a combination of two aspects.

• Use the “tensed” form of have + the past participle of be + the present participle.

Graphic OrganizerASPECT

Future (tomorrow)

Present (today)

Past (yesterday)

I studied.I wrote.

I study.I write.

I will study.I will write.

I had studied.I had written.

I have studied.I have written.

I was studying.I was writing.

I will have studied. I will have written.

I am studying.I am writing.

I will be studying.I will be writing.

I had been studying.

I had been writing.

I have been studying.

I have been writing.

I will have been studying.

I will have been writing.

“tensed”“tensed” have

+ past participle

“tensed” be + present

participle

“tensed” have + been + present

participle

Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect Progressive

Practice

• Using the verb, to learn, take turns saying the verbs.• Say the verbs in all three tenses:– Past– Present– Future

• Say all four aspects of the verbs:– Simple– Perfect– Progressive– Perfect Progressive

Graphic OrganizerASPECT

Future (tomorrow)

Present (today)

Past (yesterday)

I learned.

I have learned.

I will be learning.

I had been learning.

I will have been learning.

“tensed”“tensed” have

+ past participle

“tensed” be + present

participle

“tensed” have + been + present

participle

Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect Progressive