1. Using Verb Tenses Correctly

2. The Six Verb Tenses Each tense has a basic and progressive form.
Example of basic:
write (action verb)
writes (present)
wrote (past)
will write (future)

3. The Six Verb Tenses, cont.
Each tense has a basic and progressive form:
Example of basic:
write (action verb)
has written (present perfect)
had written (past perfect)
will have written (future perfect)

4. Assignment (grammar section):
pg. 424 practice 17.1A # 1-10
Use the chart on pg. 422 to help you.

5. Bell Ringer 9/16 Pg. 424 Practice 17.1 B # 11-20
Follow the directions and use the charts on pg. 423 to help you.
This should go in your bell ringer section!

6. The Six Verb Tenses, cont.
Progressive tenses of verbs are identified by their tense names plus the word progressive.
Show that an action is or was happening for a period of time.
All of these progressive tenses end in –ing.

7. The Progressive Tenses
is writing (present progressive)
was writing (past progressive)
will be writing (future progressive)
has been writing (present perfect progressive)
had been writing (past perfect progressive)
will have been writing (future perfect progressive)

8. The Emphatic tenses (present and past)
does play
does like (present emphatic)
did exercise
did wonder (past emphatic)

9. We did know that our poem was due today.
Bell Ringer 9/17: Write the verb in each sentence. Label it with the correct tense. Use your notes/book to help you.
We did know that our poem was due today.
Sarah has read The Great Gatsby before.
We will be reading the same book in a couple of weeks.
Puritan poets write mostly about how to live a Godly life.
Next week on “Dancing with the Stars,” they will have been practicing their routines for four weeks now.

10. Bell Ringer 9/18: Write each verb in each sentence
Bell Ringer 9/18: Write each verb in each sentence. Label it with the correct tense. Some sentences contain more than one verb.
Chick-Fil-A will have closed by the time we arrive.
My brother did answer when I called his cell phone.
Taylor Swift has been playing the guitar since she was a little girl.
The PNN crew did ask for my favorite pick-up line.
Mrs. Edwards was pleased with her students who had been reading their assignment.

11. Principal Parts of Verbs
Every verb has four principal parts: present, present participle, past, and past participle.
Examples: wait
Present: wait
Present participle: (is) waiting
Past: waited
Past Participle: (had, have)waited

12. Practice: pg. 426 # 1-10—Follow the directions!
Put in your grammar notes section.

13. Continued…
With regular verbs, create the past and past participle by adding –d or –ed to the present form.
Example:
organize
Past: organized
Past Participle: (has) organized