This week, our class worked on simple, progressive, and Perfect tenses. Personally, I sometimes struggle with this, but I actually understood what was going on. Verb forms indicate tense, or the time of action. Simple tense has past present, and future. Progressive tense has auxiliary verb "be" and present participle. An example for present progressive is, Alyssa is studying Italian. An example for past progressive is, Alyssa was studying Italian. Finally, an example for future progressive is, Alyssa will be studying Italian. Now come perfect tenses. Perfect tenses include have and past participle. An example for present tense is, I have read the book on Venice. An example for past perfect is I have read the book before my trip. Finally, an example for future perfect is I will have read the book before I leave. In perfect tenses, the passive voice is formed by inserting been. The progressive forms of perfect tenses indicate ongoing actions. An example is, I have been planning for months. Our class also learned Indicative, imperative, and emphatic moods. Verb forms are also indicative mood. The four moods are subjunctive. Indicative mood is stating a fact or asking a question. An example is, We are working on a project together. Another example is, Have you ever painted a t-shirt? Imperative mood is giving commands. An example is, Plan your design carefully. For a negative tone, add don't. Emphatic mood is giving force or emphasis to a simple present or past tense verb. Make sure to add do or does. An example is I do like our idea. These two lessons are very interesting and they seemed very interesting.
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