Aspects of Verbs: Past Form (Simple Past, Past Perfect and Past Progressive)
Aspects of Verbs: Past Form (Simple Past, Past Perfect and Past Progressive)
Aspects of Verbs: Past Form (Simple Past, Past Perfect and Past Progressive)
Learn Past Tense Verbs #1 - Pattern Practice - Simple Past Tense by ELF Learning.mp4
Past Progressive
Fill in the blank with the correct form of
the given verb.
1. to sing
(simple past ) She _________ last
summer during their
family reunion.
(past progressive) She _________
yesterday when the
mailman came.
2. to clean
(past perfect) I____________ the floor
when my wife came.
(past progressive) I________________my
room the whole morning.
3. to study
(simple past) He____________ well last
night so he got high marks
in the test.
(past progressive) He __________hard when
the bell rang.
4. to lead
(past progressive) She ___________ them back
home when she thought of
raising more funds for the
street children.
(past perfect) She ___________to bake
cookies for the street
children.
5. to disappear
(past perfect) The thief___________ before
the policemen arrived.
(simple past) The thief ____________.
Study the pictures. Make your own sentences about the
picture using aspect of verbs in past form.
Complete this story. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form
of the simple past, the past progressive or the past perfect.
Day 4
Phonics
Enrichment Drill
Read the following phrases
The Philippine Islands
photograph on display
while on the telephone
clean atmosphere
a magazine on geography
the prophetic writer
What are the aspects of
verbs in the past form?
Give example and use
it in a sentence.
Study the picture. Write sentences about the
picture using aspects of verbs in past form.
Read the paragraph.
While I was walking to the city center, I saw an
advertisement for a concert on Saturday. A lot of
other people had already seen the advertisement
before me. They were standing outside the theater
when I arrived there. We waited for a long time.
At last a man came out of the theater and put up a
notice. They had sold all the tickets for Saturday!
We had been waiting so long that we felt angry.
Why hadn’t they told us earlier?
What can you say about the
italicized words? What aspects
of verb are they?
Aspects of Verbs
For each grammatical tense, there are
subcategories called aspects which refer
to the duration of an event within a
particular tense. In other words, the
aspects of a tense allow us to describe or
understand how an event unfolds over
time. It has four aspects simple,
progressive, perfect and perfect
progressive.
Tense Aspects Examples
Simple past I washed the
PAST car.
Past I was
progressive washing the
car.
Past perfect I had
washed the
car.
Teaching Chart
Simple past shows an action or
condition that occurred in the past.
Past progressive tense shows
continuing action, something that was
happening at some point in the past.
Past perfect tense denotes action that
was completed before some definite
time in the past.
Group Activity
Complete the chart. Present your
work in front.
Simple Past Past Perfect
Past Progressive
carry
search
prepare
swim
attend
Write sentences about the pictures
using aspects of verbs in past form.
played
had washed
planting
Write the correct form of verbs.
past perfect 1. They _______
(finish) answering the
questions before the bell rang.
past progressive 2. Kenzo
__________(smile) when he
gave his picture.
simple past 3. We _______(go)
on a cruise holiday last April.
past perfect 4. Adonis
________(open) the window
before he went to bed.
past progressive 5. You
_____(chat) in the internet
when your manager came.
Day 5
Planning a
Paragraph
Composition using
an Outline
Phonics
Read the following sentences. Then encircle the
words with letter combination ph.
1. The Philippines is composed of 7,107 islands.
2. For the season, the gallery will feature
photographs on the Philippines flora and fauna.
3. An extinct elephant called mammoth is also an
adjective which mean huge.
4. A medical doctor that treats the eyes is an
ophthalmologist.
5. Anybody who has knowledge of geography has
an edge in terms of travel and tourism.
What is the most
interesting part of
the story “Sajid
Was A Scout”?
Describe some
scene using verbs.
Identify their heroic act.
Form a group .Talk about a
particular person who had done
a heroic act which earned
him/her an award? What are
their greatest contributions?