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    NAME CLASS DATE

    for CHAPTER 9: USING VERBS CORRECTLY pages 242–244

    Tense
    9d. The tense of a verb indicates the time of the action or state of being expressed by the verb.
    PRESENT TENSE I give PRESENT PERFECT TENSE I have given
    I gave I had given

    USAGE
    PAST TENSE PAST PERFECT TENSE
    FUTURE TENSE I will (shall) give FUTURE PERFECT TENSE I will (shall) have given

    The progressive form of each tense expresses continuing action or state of being. It consists of a
    form of the verb be plus the present participle of a verb.
    EXAMPLE The candidates will be giving their speeches Friday. [future progressive]

    EXERCISE Underline the verb in each of the following sentences. Then, above the verb, identify its tense.
    Also, indicate if the verb is in the progressive form.
    present progressive
    Example 1. I am going to the market.

    1. The Reigers have moved to San Antonio, Texas.

    2. I run three miles every day after school.

    3. Today, we will be meeting the President of the United States.

    4. We climbed Mount Monadnock.

    5. As of next Thursday, you will have been a United States citizen for one year.

    6. I have written to my congresswoman about the homeless people in our town.

    7. Beatrice had spent the summer with her favorite cousin.

    8. Sara Luisa is now living in Lima, Peru.


    Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved.

    9. By next Friday, we shall have finished the construction of the set for the new play.

    10. By then, the orchestra had already learned the new piece of music.

    11. Has the waiter brought your water yet?

    12. Nicci will be attending music camp this summer.

    13. The author had published her first book at the age of twenty-four.

    14. Next year, the wax museum will have been open for two hundred years.

    15. I enjoy fresh orange juice every morning.

    16. Will the composer be present for the concert?

    17. The pilot flew to fifteen cities in three days.

    18. We had sent the package by airmail.

    19. I have never heard of that film.

    20. By the end of the month, I will have been here six months.

    Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics: Language Skills Practice 153

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