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1 Verbs and Verb Tenses Needwood Middle School 7 th Grade ELA

2 What is a verb? A verb is a word that shows action or being.

3 What are verb tenses? A verb may be in one of three tenses: – Past (yesterday) – Present (today) – Future (tomorrow) Memory tip: Tense means “time”.

4 What are verb aspects? There are four main aspects for verbs: – Simple – Perfect – Progressive or Continuous – Perfect Progressive Memory tip: Aspect means “appearance”.

5 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?

6 Graphic Organizer ASPECT TENSE Future (tomorrow) Present (today) Past (yesterday) SimplePerfectProgressive Perfect Progressive

7 Simple Aspect This is the three tenses you learned in elementary school. Present Past Future

8 Graphic Organizer ASPECT TENSE Future (tomorrow) Present (today) Past (yesterday) I studied. I wrote. I study. I write. I will study. I will write. “tensed” SimplePerfectProgressive Perfect Progressive

9 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!”

10 Graphic Organizer ASPECT TENSE 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 SimplePerfectProgressive Perfect Progressive

11 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.

12 Summarize What’s the difference between the past participle and the present participle?

13 Graphic Organizer ASPECT TENSE 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 SimplePerfectProgressive Perfect Progressive

14 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.

15 Graphic Organizer ASPECT TENSE 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 SimplePerfectProgressive Perfect Progressive

16 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

17 Graphic Organizer ASPECT TENSE 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 SimplePerfectProgressive Perfect Progressive


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