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What The Tense Is Going On Here?
100
Verbs express these two things in a given sentence.
What are actions (physical and mental) and states of being?
100
This is the ending for virtually all verbs in the Perfect Tense.
What is "ed"?
100
This is the ending for virtually all verbs in the Progressive Tense.
What is "ing"?
100

This is the correct form of the verb phrase in italics:

Michael and I is going to the fields right now.

What is "are going"?
100
This tense shows action that was completed before a specific time in the past...and it often uses a helping verb and an "ed" ending for the main verb.
What is "past perfect"?
200
The "VERB" family has these three different verbs in it.
What are action verbs, linking verbs, and helping verbs?
200
This is what goes in the blank(s).  

The train ____  ____ (arrive) at the station.

What is "has arrived"?
200

This is what goes in the blank(s).  

Today Tim ____ ____ (write) his essay, and his teachers ____ ____ (edit) it for a grade.

What is "is writing" and "are editing"?
200

This is the correct form of the verb phrase in italics:

The student has received many warnings prior to being given an in-school suspension last week.

What is "had received"?
200
This action will be completed before a specific time in the future...and it uses "will" + a helping verb + the main verb that usually has an "ed" ending.
What is the "future perfect" tense?
300
This verb helps us avoid baby talk like, "Vegetables gross!"
What is a linking verb?
300

This is what goes in the blank(s).  

Our family loves skiing and suddenly I realized we ____ ____ ____ (not, ski) together since last year. 

What is "had not skied"?
300

This is what goes in the blank(s).  

Last night, I ____ ____ (study) for the exam while my brothers ____ ____ (practice) their drums.

What is "was studying" and "were practicing"?
300

These are the correct words to complete this question in the future progressive tense:

_____ Frank ____ ____ ____ ____ (look) for a new team to play for?

What are "is, going, to, be, looking"?
300
This action will be continuous at a time in the future and it uses either of the following two forms: "will + be + ing verb" or "going to be ing verb".
What is the "future progressive tense"?
400

The two verb tenses in this sentence..."I am coaching at 3:00 today, but I prepared the drills yesterday." 

What are the simple future and simple past tenses? 

400

This is what goes in the blank(s).  

When Kate and Amanda arrive in the Cayman Islands next week, they _____ ____ ____ (finish) their tour of the Bahamas.

What is "will have finished"?
400

This is what goes in the blank(s).  

Coach Wilson ____ ____ ____ (demonstrate) the skill this afternoon in the gymnasium.

What is "will be demonstrating"?
400

These are the correct words for the ones in italics so that the sentence is expressed in past progressive:

When we arrived at the track yesterday, all the runners is quickly ran the course.

What is "were" and "running"?
400
This action was continuous at a time in the past and typically uses "be + an ing verb".
What is the "past progressive tense"?
500

This is the most protean verb in the English language.

What is the verb "to be"?
500
The perfect tenses always use a form of this.

What is have (have, has, or had)?

500
The progressive tenses always use a form of this.

What is will?

500
This is the correct way to say the following sentence as a mixed tense sentence:

By six o'clock tonight, Lyla ____ ____ ____ (sleep), but yesterday she ____ ____ (go) to bed at eight o'clock.

What is "will be sleeping" and "had gone"?
500
These are the mixed tenses being used in the following sentence:

Jamie will be training her team tonight, but she lost her roster.


What is the "future progressive" tense and the "past" tense?
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