1. January 6 Used with review set 17, page 103 Questions 6-30
Lesson 17
January 6
Used with review set 17, page 103
Questions 6-30

2. Examples of gerunds in sentences: Does crying relieve grief?
REVIEW
Gerunds
Gerunds are formed as verbs, but function as nouns. They may be the subject of a sentence and always end with –ing.
Examples of gerunds in sentences:
Does crying relieve grief?
“Crying” is the gerund. It is a verb, but functions as a noun. It happens to be the subject of the sentence (It relieves grief. “Relieves” is the predicate.)
Studying increases my test scores.
“Studying” is the gerund. It is a verb, but it is functioning as a noun. The predicate is “increases”.

3. Review
Six Main Verb Tenses
Tense
How the Verb is Formed
Present Tense
Add –s or –es
Ex: jumps, incriminates
Past Tense
Add –d or –ed
Ex: jumped, incriminated
Future Tense
Add will or shall
Ex: will jump, shall incriminate
Present Perfect
Add have helping verb to past participle.
Ex: have jumped, has incriminated
Past Perfect
Add had helping verb
Ex: had jumped, had incriminated
Future Perfect
Add will or shall and the have helping verb
Ex: will have jumped, shall have incriminated

4. Progressive Tenses
All six of the main verb tenses also have a progressive form. A progressive verb phrase shows action in progress, or a continuing action.

5. Progressive Forms
Present Progressive Tense= Action still in action at time of speaking
Past Progressive= Action in progress throughout a specific time in
the past
Future progressive= Action that will be in progress in the future
Present Perfect progressive = Action begun in the past and still
continuing in the future
Past Perfect progressive=past action begun, continued, and
terminated in the past
Future Perfect Progressive= continuous future action completed at
some time in the future

6. 1st person I am We are 2nd Person You are 3rd Person He is They are
Progressive Verbs are formed with the correct form of the verb to be and the present participle (“ing” added to the main verb).
Progressive verbs= to be + progressive participle
Reminder: Be Helping Verb
Present Tense
Singular
Plural
1st person
I am
We are
2nd Person
You are
3rd Person
He is
They are
Past Tense
Singular
Plural
1st Person
I was
We were
2nd Person
You were
3rd Person
He was
They were

7. Present progressive=Am, IS, or ARE +Present Participle
The present progressive form consists of the appropriate form of the present tense verb to be (am/is/are) plus the present participle (verb+ing).
Present progressive=Am, IS, or ARE +Present Participle
The Senate is expelling the senator by a two third vote of its members.
I am listening to the state of the union message.
The people are voting for the electors.

8. Past progressive= Was or were+ present participle
The past progressive form consists of a past form of to be (was/were) plus the present participle.
Past progressive= Was or were+ present participle
The amiable police officer was adverting a riot among the bellicose protestors.
Several officers were averting chaos in the streets.

9. Future progressive= Shall be or will be+ present participle
We form the future progressive by adding the present participle to the future of the to be verb (shall be/ will be) .
Future progressive= Shall be or will be+ present participle
I shall be reviewing how a bill becomes law.
Congress will be introducing some new bills later.

10. Present Perfect Progressive
We form the present perfect progressive by using has or have, been, and the present participle.
Present perfect progressive=has been or have been +present participle
The originators of the bill have been proposing this idea to the appropriate committee.
This bill has been proceeding through the House and the Senate.

11. Past Perfect Progressive
The past perfect progressive consists of had, been, and the present participle.
Past perfect progressive= had been +present participle
The committee realized it had been reviewing the wrong bill.
Before his secretary interrupted him last Tuesday, the President had been signing bills all day.

12. Future Perfect Progressive
We form the future perfect progressive with will or shall have been, and the present participle.
Future perfect participle= will/shall have + present participle
At the end of this term, Mrs. Ishigaki will have been representing her community on the school board for sixteen years.
The consul will have been pleading with foreign diplomats for twelve hours by the end of the session.

13. 2. The House of Representatives was discussing the bill.
Examples
Write the verb phrase and tell whether the progressive form is past, present, future, present perfect, past perfect, or future perfect.
This June, we shall have been studying the Constitution for ten months.
2. The House of Representatives was discussing the bill.
3. Next, the Senate will be evaluating the bill.
4. Now the senators are voting on the corrected bill.
5. The President has been observing the progress of this bill.

14. Shall have been studying- future perfect progressive
Example Answers
Shall have been studying- future perfect progressive
Was discussing- past progressive
Will be evaluating- future progressive
Had been altering- past perfect progressive
Are voting- present progressive

15. Review Set 17
Page 103
Questions 6-30