Verbs and Verb Tenses
Needwood Middle School7th Grade ELA
What is a verb?
• A verb is a word that shows action or being.
What are verb tenses?• A verb may be in one of three
tenses:
– Past (yesterday)
– Present (today)
– Future (tomorrow)
Memory tip: Tense means “time”.
What are verb aspects? • There are four main
aspects for verbs:– Simple– Perfect– Progressive or
Continuous
– Perfect Progressive
Memory tip: Aspect means “appearance”.
Summarize
• Talk to your partner. Discuss the following:
1.What is a verb?2.How many verb tenses are there? What are
they? What does the word, tense, mean?3.How many verb aspects are there? What are
they? What does the word, aspect, mean?
Graphic OrganizerASPECT
Future (tomorrow)
Present (today)
Past (yesterday)
Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect Progressive
Simple Aspect
• This is the three tenses you learned in elementary school.
PresentPast Future
Graphic OrganizerASPECT
Future (tomorrow)
Present (today)
Past (yesterday)
I studied.I wrote.
I study.I write.
I will study.I will write.
“tensed”
Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect Progressive
Perfect Aspect
• Perfect means it’s finished. It’s not happening any more.
• Use the “tensed” form of have + the past participle.
• The past participle usually ends in –ed.
Memory tip: Little Red Riding Hood
“Ah, Grandmother! What perfect teeth you have!”
Graphic OrganizerASPECT
Future (tomorrow)
Present (today)
Past (yesterday)
I studied.I wrote.
I study.I write.
I will study.I will write.
I had studied.I had written.
I have studied.I have written.
I will have studied. I will have written.
“tensed”“tensed” have
+ past participle
Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect Progressive
Progressive Aspect
• Progressive means it’s continuous, or still happening.
• Use the “tensed” form of be + the present participle.
• The present participle ends in –ing.
Summarize
• What’s the difference between the past participle and the present participle?
Graphic OrganizerASPECT
Future (tomorrow)
Present (today)
Past (yesterday)
I studied.I wrote.
I study.I write.
I will study.I will write.
I had studied.I had written.
I have studied.I have written.
I was studying.I was writing.
I will have studied. I will have written.
I am studying.I am writing.
I will be studying.I will be writing.
“tensed”“tensed” have
+ past participle
“tensed” be + present
participle
Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect Progressive
Perfect Progressive Aspect
• Perfect Progressive is a combination of two aspects.
• Use the “tensed” form of have + the past participle of be + the present participle.
Graphic OrganizerASPECT
Future (tomorrow)
Present (today)
Past (yesterday)
I studied.I wrote.
I study.I write.
I will study.I will write.
I had studied.I had written.
I have studied.I have written.
I was studying.I was writing.
I will have studied. I will have written.
I am studying.I am writing.
I will be studying.I will be writing.
I had been studying.
I had been writing.
I have been studying.
I have been writing.
I will have been studying.
I will have been writing.
“tensed”“tensed” have
+ past participle
“tensed” be + present
participle
“tensed” have + been + present
participle
Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect Progressive
Practice
• Using the verb, to learn, take turns saying the verbs.• Say the verbs in all three tenses:– Past– Present– Future
• Say all four aspects of the verbs:– Simple– Perfect– Progressive– Perfect Progressive
Graphic OrganizerASPECT
Future (tomorrow)
Present (today)
Past (yesterday)
I learned.
I have learned.
I will be learning.
I had been learning.
I will have been learning.
“tensed”“tensed” have
+ past participle
“tensed” be + present
participle
“tensed” have + been + present
participle
Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect Progressive