Tenses And Aspects Flashcards
When you express continuous activity up to a specific point of time in the past this is called
Past perfect progressive
PPP!
Define the continuous/progressive aspect ( -ing ). And give an example!
Indicates the action is ongoing in the present.
E.G. Jasmine is walking to school.
What is an aspect?
Indication of whether the action of a verb is complete or not.
What is the aspect that does not relate to the flow of time but merely stated whether or not an action occurs.
E.G. Jasmine walks to school
Simple aspect
The perfect aspect indicates the end of the action, emphasise the fact that the action is complete. Describes event in past but linked to present.
Formed with have, has or had + PP (-er, -d, t).
E.G. Jasmine has walked to school -past but recent
True
If there is no auxiliary verb it is a…
Simple aspect
“To be” / “-ing” =
continuous
Have/had - auxiliary
Present perfect
“Had” -auxiliary =
Past perfect
What is an auxiliary verb?
E.G. “Have”, “be”, “do”.
“Extra” or secondary verbs in a sentence
E.G. I have eaten
Have = auxiliary verb, eaten is the main verb
Give 6 examples of modal auxiliary verbs C S W M M W
Could Should Would May Might Will
What is the perfect aspect?
And give examples of the past, pres not and future perfect aspect.
When the action is finished
E.G. I HAD gone = past p
I HAVE gone =present p
I shall HAVE gone = future p
I WAS going
I AM going
I SHALL BE going
Are examples of the past, present and future…
Continuous/progressive
What is the aspect if you can’t tell if the action is complete or not?
Simple
E.G. I went
I go
I shall go
Examples of the past, present and future perfect continuous are: I had been going I have been going I will shove been going True or false?
True!
