Describes future action to be completed before another future action- uses the future form of the helping verb have to the past participle
What is Future perfect
100
Past action begun, continued, and terminated in the past- uses had, been, and the present participle
What is Past perfect progressive
100
A group of words with a subject and predicate
What is A clause
200
Shows action that has already occured
What is Past
200
Action still in progress at the time of speaking- uses present tense of to be (am/is/are) plus the present participle (verb +ing)
What is Present progressive
200
Continuous future action completed at some time in the future- uses will or shall have been, and the present participat
What is Future perfect progressive
200
A group of words used as a single word in a sentence- may contain nouns and verbs, but it does not have both a subject and a predicate- you should recognize prepositional phrases, verb phrases, gerund phrases and infinitive phrases
What is A phrase
300
Refers to action that has not yet occurred (usually uses will or shall)
What is Future
300
Action in progress throughout a specific time in the past-consist of a past form of to be (was/were) plus the present participle
What is Past progressive
300
All progressive tenses use the present participate of the verb_______
What is (ing)
300
Ends in ing and functions as noun-diagram gerunds on a "stir-step" line above the base line on "stilts"
What is Gerund
400
An action that occurred in the past and is complete or continuing in the present-uses the present form of the verb have and the past participle
What is Present perfect
400
Action that will be in progress in the future- formed by adding the present participle to the future of the to be verb (shall be/will be)
What is Future progressive
400
Verb forms that do not function as verbs
What is Verbal
400
Word formed from a verb but does not function as a verb- the basic form of the verb, usually preceded by the preposition " to "- may function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb- diagrammed on stilts above the base line
What is Infinitive
500
Past action completed before another past action-uses the helping verb had before the past participle
What is Past perfect
500
Action begun in the past and still continuing in the present- use has or have, been, and the present participle