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Progressive Forms of Verbs
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Progressive Forms of Verbs
They ARE EASY.....promise :)
There are three tenses that verbs have...
CHALLENGE!!! Who can name all 3?
PRESENT: the action that is happening RIGHT NOW
The rabbit eats the lettuce.
Yesterday, they gobbled the box of chocolate up
They WILL SLIDE down the roller
coaster.
- The present tense uses the helping verbs: am, is, or are with adding -ing to the verb
He is swimming in the race.
He is kicking the ball
We are eating food together.
- The Past Progressive shows ongoing action that was happening until another action occurred.
- To make the Past progressive, use the helping verb WAS or WERE and by adding -ing to the main verb
Miss Norris was teaching until the
fire alarm rang.
**I was doing something until another action
STOPPED me from doing it. Now, my
teaching is in the past. **
They were planning a
surprise party when their friend
came over.
- The future progressive forms shows ongoing action that will happen IN THE FUTURE.
- To form the future progressive used the helping verb, WILL BE and the -ing form to the verb.
They will be playing in the superbowl.
The rain will be falling soon.
PAST TENSE: an action that has ALREADY happened. You cannot go back!
FUTURE TENSE: an action that WILL happen. Just not right now.
- Each of these tenses has a progressive form.
- It shows that the action is ONGOING