Grammar and Language Workbook

17. Otis 
[
]
eggs all morning. (present perfect of fry)
18.
[
]
you 
[
]
those old clothes away before the garage sale? (future
perfect of throw)
19.
[
]
anyone 
[
]
my little brother? (present perfect of see)
20. The adversaries 
[
]
their differences aside. (past participle of put)
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Lesson 39
Tenses of Verbs
In review:
VERB TENSE
EXPRESSES AN ACTION THAT 
EXAMPLE
present
is repeated
Marta carves a miniature
is always true
horse from a bar of soap.
is happening right now
past 
has already occurred
The bird stood watch as the
worm crawled out of its
hole.
future 
will take place in the future
Sharon will total your bill.
present perfect 
took place sometime in the past
That man has talked all day!
began in the past and is still continuing
past perfect 
began and ended before another action 
She had already memorized
(both actions in the past)
the stanza before I finished 
reading it.
future perfect
will begin and end before another action 
I will have sailed to the
begins (both actions in the future)
Caribbean by the time you
get this postcard.
 Exercise 1
Draw two lines under each verb. Write the verb tense in the blank.