Verbs
The action verb in the following sentence:
The horses stood in the stall.
What is "stood."
Gail sings in the church choir.
What verb tense is the verb "sings"?
"Sings" is in the present tense.
Mrs.Smith's class was watching a video.
What progressive verb form is shown in this sentence?
past progressive
Verb tenses that are not simple tenses and describe actions that have been completed are called _____ tenses.
Verbs that describe actions that have been completed are called perfect tenses.
What actions do perfect progressive verb tenses describe?
Actions that started in the past and continue to another point in the past, the present, or a future date.
For breakfast, we ate cold cereal.
What is the verb and the direct object?
The verb is "ate" and the direct object is "cereal".
Several boys played on the Jr. Pro football team.
What tense is the verb "played"?
The verb "played" is in the past tense.
Mrs. Smith's class will be watching a video.
What progressive verb form is shown in this sentence?
future progressive
How many perfect verb tenses are there and what are they called?
There are 3 perfect verb tenses and they are called:
present perfect
past perfect
future perfect
What are the three perfect progressive tenses?
Present perfect progressive
Past perfect progressive
Future perfect progressive
The beach smells salty today.
Rocky Point is a beach.
Which sentence contains a linking verb? Which word is the linking verb?
Rocky Point is a beach that contains a linking verb.
The word "is" is the linking verb.
Which sentence below shows the verb in future tense?
The girls played basketball yesterday.
The boys camp in the woods behind the house.
Sandra will bake cookies this weekend.
Sandra will bake cookies this weekend.
The future tense verb is "will bake".
Mrs. Smith's class is watching a video.
What progressive verb form is shown in this sentence?
present progressive
My family has planned a trip to South Carolina.
What perfect tense form of the verb is shown in the above sentence?
present perfect- has planned
How is the perfect progressive tense formed?
Past-had been + present participle
Present-has/have been + present participle
Future- will have been + present participle
Verbs that include more than one word are called verb phrases. Verb phrases include helping verbs which "help" the main verb show action.
Which sentence below contains a helping verb?
The Smiths are driving to Atlanta this afternoon.
The beach was empty yesterday.
"The Smiths are driving to Atlanta this afternoon" contains a helping verb.
The verb phrase is "are driving" and the helping verb is "are".
The monarch butterflies have ___________ to warmer winter homes.
gone went
gone
How can you recognize a progressive verb?
The progressive form of a verb shows ongoing or continuous action and the main verb will end in "ing"
singing
dancing
studying
My family had visited North Carolina last year.
What perfect verb tense is shown in the above sentence?
past perfect- had planned
She will have been learning Spanish for two years by next month.
Future perfect progressive
What kind of verbs are the following words?
is, am, are, was. were, will be, look, seem, appear, taste, sound, smell, feel, become
linking verbs
By last Friday, two whales had ________ past our beach.
swam swimmed swum
swum
What are the three progressive verb forms?
present progressive- is singing
past progressive- was singing
future progressive- will be singing
My family will have planned another trip by this time next year.
What perfect tense form of the verb is shown in the above sentence?
future perfect- will have planned
They had been living in Tampa for 6 years when they decided to move to Atlanta.
Past perfect progressive