Verb Tense Consistency Historical Present and Literary Present

Verb Tense Consistency Historical Present and Literary Present Regular and Irregular Verbs Perfect Tenses

Consistency of Tense • Past, present, future – you can’t switch without a very good reason! • Example: • Because Jerry saw the man walking hurriedly toward him, he turns and runs into his house. • How would you fix this?

• Because Jerry saw the man walking hurriedly toward him, he turned and ran into his house. • OR • Because Jerry sees the man walking hurriedly toward him, he turns and runs into his house.

Practice • After Sally ate her dinner, she runs to the freezer for an ice cream dessert.

Practice • Since the students found the lesson so interesting, they listen carefully to every word.

Practice • Before the two boys went to the ball game, they clean their rooms.

Practice • Although Michelle tries to answer the question correctly, she gave the wrong answer.

Verb- Consistency Practice 9/4 Copy the sentences Highlight the 2 main verbs Correct the one that is not consistent 1) Jenny usually wins the cook-off award in the baking contest because she cooked better than any of the other contestants. 2) Anytime Dave wanted to discover additional information, he goes to the library to conduct research. 3) When my dad gets tired of driving, he pulled off the road for a short nap.

Historical Present copy these notes into your comp bk date and title your notes • This is one time we might switch tenses in a sentence. This tense is used to indicate something that is always true. • EX: • After Mark had completed his research, he reported to his class that the Himalayas are the tallest mountains in the world.

Historical Present • These are harder – take a look: • Chess is a very interesting game. – You can’t say “was” because that means that the game of chess no longer exists or that it is no longer interesting. • Walking is one of the best forms of exercise. – It is an opinion, but it has been and still is a widely held belief of the medical community. Until something changes, it requires historical present tense.

Literary Present new title for this section of notes • When you are talking about fiction literature, you must use present tense. • Think of it like this: every time you open a novel, the setting becomes a place and the characters come to life. • The character in this novel tells an intriguing story about her life. • The plot of the story deals with man’s hostility toward other men.

Historical/Literary Present Practice 9/11/14 Copy the sentences. Highlight Historical Present error (1 in each sent) Correct the error. • The information in his report did not support the fact that light traveled faster than sound. • Sue was the only one in class who knew that the Nile River was the longest river in the world.

Literary Present Practice 9/11/14 Copy the sentence Highlight the Literary Present error (1 in each sent) Correct the error. • Yesterday I read a wonderful story that told of three young women in Paris. • When Janice reported on Huckleberry Finn, she indicated that Huck saw Jim as a friend.

Regular Verbs • Regular verbs simply add –ed to the past and past participle forms. • All verbs form the present participle by adding –ing to the present form. • Ex: Present Past Participle Present Participle carry laugh carried laughed carrying laughing

Irregular Verbs • Irregular verbs actually change form to show tense. • There is no pattern to these verbs – you just have to memorize them! You have a handout to help! • The difference between the Past and the Past Participle forms is that the Past Participle requires a helping verb has, have, or had. • Ex: Present begin go Past began went Past Participle begun gone Present Participle beginning going

Irregular Verb Practice create the chart fill in the missing words • Present Past Participle Present Participle Do ate seen swimming

Irregular Verbs Practice 9/17 Copy the sentence Highlight the irregular verb Correct the irregular verb • 1) Do you know if John has already wrote that letter for me? • 2) Before the music ended the audience begun to clap. • 3) Will you please sit that glass on the table for me? • 4) Before my mom asked, I had already began to clean my room.

Practice How would you correct the verb tense in this sentence? • Before the music ended the audience begun to clap.

Practice How would you correct the verb tense in this sentence? • Will you please sit that glass on the table for me?

Practice How would you correct the verb tense in this sentence? • Before my mom asked, I had already began to clean my room.

Perfect Tenses 9/23 • The perfect tenses use a form of the helping verb have. We use these forms every day in our conversations. Present Perfect Past Perfect Future Perfect

Present Perfect Tense 9/23 • Used to express the idea that an action occurred at an unspecified time before now. • Ex: I have visited France. • Ex: He has taken his medicine.

Present Perfect Tense 9/23 • Notice the difference between the past form of a verb and the present perfect form. • simple past tense: Bob ran for five hours. – This suggests that he ran in the past but is no longer running. • present perfect: Bob has run for five hours. – This suggests that he began running in the past and is still running.

Past Perfect Tense 9/23 • Used to express the idea that one action occurred before another action in the past. • If you have a sentence that has two separate actions, you must tell your reader which one occurred first by adding the word “had. ” • Ex: Kay went to her friend’s house after she had completed her homework. • Ex: I wasn’t interested in the movie because I had seen it already.

Future Perfect Tense 9/23 • Indicates an action that will have been completed at some specific time in the future. • simple future tense: Jason will study his math. • present perfect: Jason will have studied his math by 8 o’clock. – The action to be completed at a specific time.

Perfect Tenses Practice 9/25/14 copy sentences correct verb(s) based on red tenses 1) Past Perfect- Before Bob took the job, he researched the company thoroughly. 2) Future Perfect-Mary sang three times tonight. 3) Present Perfect-The dog ate his food. 4) Future Perfect- By 12 o’clock we ____ here for five hours. 5) Past Perfect-After we _____ home, James started the movie. 6) Present Perfect-We ____ his questions already.

Review Verb Tenses Consistency: Don’t switch tense without a very good reason. Historical Present: Indicates something that is always true. Literary Present: Every time you open a novel, the setting becomes a place and the characters come to life, so you must use present tense. Regular Verbs: Regular verbs simply add –ed to the past and past participle forms. Irregular Verbs: Irregular verbs actually change form to show tense. You just have to memorize them! Present Perfect: Used to express the idea that an action occurred at an unspecified time before now. Past Perfect: Used to express the idea that one action occurred before another action in the past. Future Perfect: Indicates an action that will have been completed at some specific time in the future.