Thursday, December 4

Vocabulary 5.1

GUM 6.2

Literary Analysis and Composition 2014-2015

Vocabulary 5.1• What is our lesson objective?

• What will I be able to do by the end of this lesson?

• I will be able to define and use words with Greek and Latin roots.

Let’s Play!• Vocabulary jeopardy online lesson

GUM 6.2• What is our lesson objective?

• What will I be able to do by the end of this lesson?

• I will be able to:

• Identify progressive verb forms.

• Identify verb tense.

• Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.

• Use the correct verb tense in a sentence.

Keywords and Pronunciation• conjugation : a list of all the singular and plural forms of a

verb in all six tenses

• future perfect progressive form : shows a future ongoing action that will have taken place by a stated future time

• future perfect tense : expresses action that will take place before another future action or time

• future progressive form : shows an ongoing action that will take place in the future

• future tense : expresses action that will take place in the future

• helping verb : an auxiliary verb that helps to make up a verb phrase

• irregular verb : a verb that does not form its past and past participle by adding -ed or -d to the present form

Keywords and Pronunciation• past participle : a verb form, often ending in -d or -ed; may be used

as an adjective

• past perfect progressive form : shows a past ongoing action that was interrupted by another past action

• past perfect tense : expresses action that took place before some other past action

• past progressive form : shows an ongoing action that took place in the past

• past tense : expresses action that has already taken place or that was completed in the past

• present participle : a verb form ending in -ing; may be used as an adjective

• present perfect progressive form : shows an ongoing action that is continuing in the present

• present perfect tense : expresses action that was completed at some indefinite time in the past or that has started in the past and is still going on

Keywords and Pronunciation• present progressive form : shows an ongoing action that is

taking place now

• present tense : expresses action that is going on now

• principal parts : the four building blocks of a verb: the present, the present participle, the past, and the past participle

• progressive verb form : verb used to express continuing or ongoing action; progressive forms are composed of a form of the verb be and the present participle.

• regular verb : a verb that forms its past and past participle by adding -ed or -d to the present form

• tense : the time expressed by a verb

• verb : a word used to express an action or a state of being

What is verb tense?• The tense of a verb expresses time. The three simple

tenses are past, present, and future. In addition to these three tenses, there are perfect tenses.

• present perfect: I have waited.

• past perfect: I had waited.

• future perfect: I shall have waited.

What is verb tense?• Both the simple and perfect tenses have a progressive

form. The progressive forms refer to a continuing or ongoing action.

• present progressive: I am waiting.

• past progressive: I was waiting.

• future progressive: I will be waiting.

• present perfect progressive: I have been waiting.

• past perfect progressive: I had been waiting.

• future perfect progressive: I will have been waiting.

Let’s Practice!• Complete each sentence by choosing the verb

form in parentheses.

• 1. Until now, I _____ well. (past perfect progressive)

• A was performing

• B am performing

• C had been performing

• D will be performing

Let’s Practice!• Complete each sentence by choosing the verb

form in parentheses.

• 2. We _____ a garage sale. (present progressive)

• A were having

• B had been having

• C are having

• D will be having

Let’s Practice!• Complete each sentence by choosing the verb

form in parentheses.

• 3. Captain Galdamez _____ the jet. (future progressive)

• A has been flying

• B will be flying

• C had been flying

• D was flying

Let’s Practice!• Complete each sentence by choosing the verb

form in parentheses.

• 4. Sonny _____ homework for two hours. (present perfect progressive)

• A has been doing

• B will have been doing

• C had been doing

• D was doing

Let’s Practice!• Complete each sentence by choosing the verb

form in parentheses.

• 5. She _____ when she broke her leg. (past progressive)

• A is skiing

• B has been skiing

• C had been skiing

• D was skiing

Let’s Practice!• Choose the correct tense of the underlined

verb.

• 22. Will you sneeze during class today?

• A past perfect

• B future

Let’s Practice!• Choose the correct tense of the underlined

verb.

• 23. What color are your socks?

• A future

• B present

Let’s Practice!• Choose the correct tense of the underlined

verb.

• 24. By 5:30 this evening, how long will you have been awake?

• A future perfect

• B future

Let’s Practice!

• Choose the correct tense of the underlined verb.

• 25. Was there anything green in your closet this morning?

• A past perfect

• B past

Let’s Practice!• Choose the correct tense of the underlined

verb.

• 26. The Winter Olympics provides skaters with an ideal opportunity.

• A present

• B future perfect