1. You are invited to the End-of-Year Picnic
On May 25th at the Whalen’s House
Activities (starting at 5:45 pm): Paddle boating, canoes,
lawn games, fishing, and talking
Eating (about 6:45 pm): Grilled Chicken, Beef Burgers,
Salads, and Desserts
(We love it when you bring something to share!)
Please bring your family!
(Map on the back)

2. N. Fairfield Rd
Indian Ripple
Church
22 S. Fairfield Rd
Whalen’s : Gray house
(with Green Shutters) and gray barn behind the house; Garden in front
S. Fairfield Rd
Swigart Rd
Parking on the lawn is acceptable!
Some GPS units take you too far!
Whalen’s
350 S. Fairfield Rd
Stutsman Rd

3. Upcoming Schedule
Next week is our last regular Thursday class until September; probably September 7
We plan to continue the informal Conversation Group(s) through the summer
Every second and fourth Tuesday
Start at 6:45 until 7:45 (or 8:00 if discussion is lively)
We will have a mid to late July picnic at our house (either July 18 or 25)

4. Review and Perfect Continuous Tense

5. Review/Quiz
How many tenses does English have?

6. Verb Tenses There are 12 verb tenses in English Simple Continuous
Perfect
Perfect Continuous
Present
Simple Present
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
Past
Simple Past
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Future
Simple Future
Future Continuous
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Continuous

7. Review/Quiz How many tenses does English have?: 12
What are the two main ways we form these tenses?

8. Review/Quiz How many tenses does English have?: 12
What are the two main ways we form these tenses?
Changing the verb form (conjugation)
Use “helping verbs”

9. Review/Quiz How many tenses does English have?: 12
What are the two main ways we form these tenses?
Changing the verb form (conjugation)
Five forms: base, s-form, past tense form, past participle form, present participle form (ing-form)
Use “helping verbs”

10. Review/Quiz How many tenses does English have?: 12
What are the two main ways we form these tenses?
Changing the verb form (conjugation)
Five forms: base, s-form, past tense form, past participle form, present participle form (ing-form)
Use “helping verbs”
10 of the 12 verbs use helping verbs
The helping verbs are: have (perfect tense), be (continuous tense), and will (future tense) – plus appropriate combinations

11. Review/Quiz How many tenses does English have? - 12
What are the two main ways we form these tenses?
Changing the verb form (conjugation)
Use “helping verbs”
There are two time aspects to English tenses:

12. Review/Quiz How many tenses does English have? - 12
What are the two main ways we form these tenses?
Changing the verb form (conjugation)
Use “helping verbs”
There are two time aspects to English tenses:
“When”
“Comparative Time” or “Time Relationship” types – comparing activities relative to the flow of time!

13. Review/Quiz How many tenses does English have? - 12
What are the two main ways we form these tenses?
Changing the verb form (conjugation)
Use “helping verbs”
There are two time aspects to English tenses:
“When”: Past, Present, Future

14. Review/Quiz How many tenses does English have? - 12
What are the two main ways we form these tenses?
Changing the verb form (conjugation)
Use “helping verbs”
There are two time aspects to English tenses:
“When”: Past, Present, Future
“Comparative Time” or “Time Relationship” types – comparing activities relative to the flow of time!

15. Review/Quiz There are two time aspects to English tenses:
“When”: Past, Present, Future
“Comparative Time” or “Time Relationship” types
Simple: Use to state facts (or beliefs), generalizations, etc. Time independent.
Ex: Dogs hate cats. Cats like to hunt. The grass is green.

16. Review/Quiz There are two time aspects to English tenses:
“When”: Past, Present, Future
“Comparative Time” or “Time Relationship” types
Simple: Use to state facts (or beliefs), generalizations, etc. Time independent.
Continuous: Use to express an activity that was “on-going (in- process) at some specific time or when something else happened
Ex: I am eating. You were sleeping. I was studying when the phone rang.

17. Review/Quiz There are two time aspects to English tenses:
“When”: Past, Present, Future
“Comparative Time” or “Time Relationship” types
Simple: Use to state facts (or beliefs), generalizations, etc. Time independent.
Continuous: Use to express an activity that was “on-going (in- process) at some specific time or when something else happened
Perfect: Used to connect a completed activity to a (later) time or another activity or event; often showing a cause/effect relationship
Ex: I had eaten, so I was not hungry. I had studied hard for the test (telling why I had done so well). She has studied hard for the test (telling why I think she will do well).

18. Perfect Continuous Tense
Perfect Continuous is used to emphasize the duration of an activity, event, or state
They have been talking for the last hour.
She has been working at that company for three years.
(Recently,) I have been feeling really tired.
She has been watching too much television (lately.)
They had been talking for over an hour before Tony arrived.
She had been working at that company for three years when it went out of business.

19. Revelation 21:1-6 (p 1263)
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”

20. Revelation 21:1-6 (p 1263)
5 And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.” 6 And he also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life.

21. Revelation 21:1-6 (p 1263)
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”

22. Revelation 21:1-6 (p 1263)
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”

23. Revelation 21:1-6 (p 1263)
5 And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.” 6 And he also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life.

24. Revelation 21:1-6 (p 1263)
5 And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.” 6 And he also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life.

26. You are invited to the End-of-Year Picnic
On May 25th at the Whalen’s House
Activities (starting at 5:45 pm): Paddle boating, canoes,
lawn games, fishing, and talking
Eating (about 6:45 pm): Grilled Chicken, Beef Burgers,
Salads, and Desserts
(We love it when you bring something to share!)
Please bring your family!
(Map on the back)

27. N. Fairfield Rd
Indian Ripple
Church
22 S. Fairfield Rd
Whalen’s : Gray house
(with Green Shutters) and gray barn behind the house; Garden in front
S. Fairfield Rd
Swigart Rd
Parking on the lawn is acceptable!
Some GPS units take you too far!
Whalen’s
350 S. Fairfield Rd
Stutsman Rd

28. Upcoming Schedule
Next week is our last regular Thursday class until September; probably September 7
We plan to continue the informal Conversation Group(s) through the summer
Every second and fourth Tuesday
Start at 6:45 until 7:45 (or 8:00 if discussion is lively)
We will have a mid to late July picnic at our house (either July 18 or 25)

29. Review/Quiz How many tenses does English have?: 12
What are the two main ways we form these tenses?
Changing the verb form (conjugation)
Five forms: base, s-form, past tense form, past participle form, present participle form (ing-form)
Use “helping verbs”
10 of the 12 verbs use helping verbs
The helping verbs are: have (perfect tense), be (continuous tense), and will (future tense) – plus appropriate combinations

30. Review/Quiz How many tenses does English have? - 12
What are the two main ways we form these tenses?
Changing the verb form (conjugation)
Use “helping verbs”
There are two time aspects to English tenses:
“When”: Past, Present, Future
“Comparative Time” or “Time Relationship” types – comparing activities relative to the flow of time!

31. Review/Quiz There are two time aspects to English tenses:
“When”: Past, Present, Future
“Comparative Time” or “Time Relationship” types
Simple: Use to state facts (or beliefs), generalizations, etc. Time independent.
Ex: Dogs hate cats. Cats like to hunt. The grass is green.
Continuous: Use to express an activity that was “on-going (in- process) at some specific time or when something else happened
Ex: I am eating. You were sleeping. I was studying when the phone rang.

32. Review/Quiz There are two time aspects to English tenses:
“When”: Past, Present, Future
“Comparative Time” or “Time Relationship” types
Perfect: Used to connect a completed activity to a (later) time or another activity or event; often showing a cause/effect relationship
Ex: I had eaten, so I was not hungry. I had studied hard for the test (telling why I had done so well). She has studied hard for the test (telling why I think she will do well).

33. Perfect Continuous Tense
Perfect Continuous is used to emphasize the duration of an activity, event, or state
They have been talking for the last hour.
She has been working at that company for three years.
(Recently,) I have been feeling really tired.
She has been watching too much television (lately.)
They had been talking for over an hour before Tony arrived.
She had been working at that company for three years when it went out of business.