Simple tenses
Two things revealed by simple tenses.
What is, they express fact, and they show time when something happened?
Perfect tenses reveal this
What is completed action
Progressive tenses reveal this
What is continuing action?
The difference between action and linking verbs
This type of action verb has a direct object
What is transitive
The simple past tense form of "to walk"
What is walked.
Perfect tenses are created this way
What is appropriate form of "to have" + the past participle form of the verb
Progressive tenses are created this way
What is appropriate verb of being (is, are, was, were, will be) + present participle
An action verb can be followed by these two objects
What is direct / indirect objects
This type of action verb does not have a direct object.
What is intransitive?
The simple future tense form of "to continue"
What is will /shall continue?
The present perfect form for the infinitive "to press"
What is have pressed?
The present progressive form of the infinitive "to grab"
What is "is / are grabbing"?
A linking verb can be followed by these two items in the predicate
What is predicate adjective or predicate nominative
Of these two infinitives, choose the one that is transitive: to lie / to lay.
What is "to lay"?
Rule for when to use will or shall in future simple tense
The past perfect form of the infinitive "to stand"
What is "had stood"?
The past progressive form of the infinitive "to harm"
What is "was / were harming"?
The type of verb used here: "John smelled the flowers."
What is action verb?
Of these two infinitives, choose the one that is intransitive: to rise / to raise.
What is "to rise"?
Create sentences using the infinitive "to see" in all 3 simple tenses.
What is ... see / saw / will see?
What is "will have held"?
The future progressive form of the infinitive "to find"
What is "will / shall be finding"?
The type of verb used here: "The flowers smelled fragrant."
Of these two infinitives label both the transitive and intransitive: "to sit / to set"
What is -- to sit is intransitive / to set is transitive?