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Form (Rules):
Add third person -s to verb.
Hint: Usually only one S between a
Subject
and Verb.
A snake crawls.
Snakes crawl.
Simple Present
Greg eats.
Pam sleeps. A snake crawls.
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Simple Present
Function (Meaning):
Present- Situations that always occur
The sun rises in the East.
Situations that usually occur.
The sun shines in So. Ca.
Situations that habitually occur
Joe and I go to Disneyland on
Sunday.
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Simple Past
Form: Regular AND Irregular Verbs
Regular: Add –ed to infinitive form of
verb.
Greg walked to class.
Irregular: Various rules and forms. Some
patterns but mostly must memorize.
Greg ate dinner.
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Simple Past
Function:
At a specific time in the past, the action
occurred. It both began and ended in the
past.
I watched American Idol on Tuesday.
Joe went to Disneyland on Sunday.
Cindy cooked lemon chicken last
night.
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Simple Future
Form:
ALWAYS Takes at least TWO verbs.
Add will to the base form of the verb.
David will build me a bookshelf.
Hint: Future is one of the easiest verb
forms!
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Simple Future
Function:
At a specific point in the future, this
action
will occur.
Joe and I will go to Alaska this
summer.
In June, my mother will come for a
visit.
Hint: Usually has time indicator.
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Present Progressive
Form:
ALWAYS Takes TWO verbs
Present form of be verb + Base form of
Verb + ing
He is + eat + ing = He is eating.
Hint: One of the most used verb forms in
English!
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Present Progressive
Function:
An action which began in the past and
is continuing to the present moment.
Sarah is attending class right now.
Hint: Often has a time indicator.
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Past Progressive
Form:
ALWAYS Takes TWO verbs
PAST form of be verb + Base form of
Verb + ing
He was + eat + ing = He was eating.
Hint: Only difference between present
and past is the form of be verb!
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Past Progressive
Function:
An action that occurred before the
present time and was in progress at a
specific point in time that another action
occurred.
He was driving when it began to rain.
Hint: Used when TWO actions occur in
the past.
Note: Second Action is simple past!
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Future Progressive
Form:
ALWAYS Takes THREE verbs
Will + base form of be verb + Base
form of Verb + ing
He will be eating…
Hint: Only difference between past and future
is the form of be verb!
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Future Progressive
Function:
Action 1 will occur in the future before
action 2 and continue to be in progress
when the action 2 occurs.
I will be cooking dinner when my
husband leaves work.
Hint: Second action is in the Simple
Present.
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Simple vs. Progressive
1. One or more
habitual activities
2. Occurs at
specific time
3. Show habit with
always, forever,
constantly
1. One or more
continuous activities
2. In progress activity
intersected by
another
3. Show annoyance or
frustration with
always, forever,
constantly
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Practice: Simple or Progressive
I (walk) _______ through the park near
my
house when I suddenly (see) ______
a small tiger coming towards me.