VERB TENSES

PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION : BSHM 204 GROUP 5

OBJECTIVES:
 Introduce the 3 out of the 10 verb tenses.
 Define what is Future Progressive Tense, Future Perfect Tense, and Future Perfect
Progressive Tense.
 Let the fellow classmates identify the statements wether it is Future Progressive,
Future Perfect, or Future Perfect Progressive Tense.
 Provide examples, formulas, and key in constructing basic phrases from each of the
Verb Tenses.
What is a Verb Tense?

 Verb tenses are changes or additions to verbs to show when the action
took place: in the past, present, or future. The phrase verb tense is also
used for grammatical aspects, which add more details about the duration
or time an action takes.
 Verb tenses are essential for speaking English correctly, but with all the
different forms and functions, they can get confusing.
The following are examples of sentences formed by the
different verb tenses. Guess wether it’s a future progressive,
future perfect, or future perfect progressive tense.
1. At 5 o’clock tomorrow, she will be cooking dinner.
2. Next month, they will be traveling to Paris.
3. By the end of January, I will have lost ten pounds by exercising everyday.
4. We will be doing our projec at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
5. It’s midnight and he will have been sleeping for four hour by then.
6. You will have finished your project by this time next week.
7. By that time she will have been working here for two years.
8. John will finished college before his 22nd birthday.
9. When our parents get married, I will have been singing professionally for over a year.
10. I will be performing a dance on John’s birthday.
FUTURE PROGRESSIVE TENSE
 When studying English, one of the crucial tenses to know is the Future Progressive
Tense
 This tense is used to express future events/activities. Things that will be
happening in the future.
 Let’s take a look about the key terms of the Future Progressive Tense, how to
construct basic phrases and crucial principles to remember.

KEY FEATURES OF FUTURE PROGRESSIVE TENSE :

1. Expresses actions that will occur in the future.
2. Empathizing the ongoing nature of the action.
3. Conveys sense of duration or process.
CONSTRUCTING BASIC PHRASES:
Ex:
She will be reading a book.

FORMULA: Subject + will be + verb-ing (present participle)

RULES:
1. Time expressions: Indicates specific time frame.
2. Non-action (stative) Verbs: Emotions, thoughts, and states of being, do not take
progressive tense.
3. Simultaneous Actions: Can be use for both verbs.

Ex:
While she is making dinner, he will be setting the table.
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
DEFINITION:
 Use to say that an event was finished before a certain time or before another event.
(Completely finished in the future)

CONSTRUCTING BASIC PHRASES:

Ex:
The cat will have eaten his food by the time we get home.

FORMULA: Subject + will have + past participle + future point in time

FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSE
DEFINITION:
 Describes actions that will continue up until the point in the future.
 Indicates something—ongoing occurrence.

CONSTRUCTING BASIC PHRASES:

Ex:
By that time, she will have been working here for 2 years.

FORMULA: Subject + will have been + (verb‘s present participle)

THANK YOU!!!