TENSES II & VERB PHRASE

Ms.Desy/I/V
THE PROGRESSIVE TENSE
Pattern be + -ing (present participle)
Meaning  The progressive tense give the idea that an
action is in progress during a particular time.

1. Present Progressive
Example: He is conducting a research on inventing an
alternative way to utilize banana peels.
2. Past Progressive
Example: They were examining E. coli in laboratory.
3. FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
Example: The student will be finishing the assignment
when the lecturer arrive.
THE PERFECT TENSE
Pattern  have + past participle
Meaning  The perfect tenses all give the idea that one
things happen before another time or event.
1. Present Perfect
Ex: I have already finished.
2. Past Perfect
Ex: I had already finished my presentation when they
arrived.
3. Future Perfect
Ex: I will already have finished when they arrive.
THE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSE
Pattern  have + been + -ing (present participle)
Meaning  The perfect progressive tenses give the idea
that one event is in progress immediately before, up
to, until another time or event. The tenses are used to
express the duration of the first event.
1. Present Perfect Progressive
Ex: I have been studying for two hours.
2. Past Perfect Progressive
Ex: I had been studying for two hours before my friend
came.
3. Future Perfect Progressive
Ex: I will have been studying for two hours by the time you
arrive.
REFERENCES
Quirk, R and Greenbaum, S. (1983) A University Grammar of
English. Longman. England.
ASSIGNMENT I
Make autobiography paragraphs telling about who you are,
what you have done in two years, and what are you going to
do for the next two years!
ASSIGNMENT II
Answer these questions with correct tenses!
1. What do you do everyday?
2. What did you do yesterday?
3. What will you do tomorrow?
4. What are you doing right now?
5. What were you doing at this time yesterday?
6. What will you be doing at this time tomorrow?
7. What have you done since you got up this morning?
8. What had you done before you went to bed last night?
9. What will you have done by the time you go to bed tonight?
10. What are you doing? How long have you been doing that?
11. What were you doing before I walked into the classroom today?
How long had you been doing that?
12. What will you be doing before I walk into the classroom
tomorrow? How long will you have been doing that?