Review of progressive verbs.

Progressive verbs include the form of be + a present participle (verb+ing).

Examples	Uses
(a) When Mark gets home from work, Marcy is often studying. (b) I was driving to the restaurant when I saw the meteor shower. © Mario will be working the night shift when Trisha gets home.	To describe actions already in progress at the moment of focus.
(d) Alex usually goes out to eat on Fridays. This Friday, however, he is cooking at home. (e) The robins usually took up residence every spring in our old apple trees. One summer, though, they were building nests in some of the taller trees. (f) Most winters we spend our Christmas vacations at home. But this year we will be going to Vermont.	To describe actions at the moment of focus in contrast to habitual actions.
(g)She is constantly reminding me to water the plants. (h) As a young man, my brother was always getting into trouble. (i) Our math teacher will be checking our assignments each morning when class starts.	To express repeated actions.
(j) Andrea works in the principal’s office, but she is helping the new school nurse this week. (k) My father lived in Chile most of his life, except for two years when he was living in El Salvador. (l) We’ll live in a new home after the winter. Until then, we’ll be renting an apartment in the city.	To describe temporary situations in contrast to permanent states.
(m) The final paper is due soon. I’m finishing it as fast as I can. (n) Yesterday the students discussed the projects they were working on this semester. (o) When they finish their projects, they will be evaluating each other’s work for several days.	To describe periods of time in contrast to points of time.
(p) Sue is doing a volunteer work for homeless this summer. (q) When I last saw Ali , he was still planting his vegetable garden. ® I bet the baby will still be sleeping when we get home.	To express uncompleted actions.

Time frame shifts.

Review of Simple Tenses

Simple tenses include the simple present, simple past and simple future. They have the following uses:

Time Frame	Examples	Use
Present Past future	(a) Our in –groups help to define or values. (b) Immigrants to America in the mid nineteenth century included large numbers of Chinese. © Families will always be important to most of us.	To express general ideas, relationships and truths.
Present. Past Future	(d) Our family visits my grandparents after church every Sunday. (e) Almost every year we celebrated my great aunt’s birthday with a family picnic. (f) The club will collect clues once a month.	To describe habitual actions.
Present Past Future	(g) Kay thinks she has chosen the right profession. (h) People once believed that earth was flat. (i) You will love our new puppy.	To describe mental perceptions or emotions.
Present Past Future	(j) Mark has three brothers (k) We owned a SUV, but we traded it in for a hybrid car. (l) By next month, Hannah will have a new computer.	To express possessions or personal relationships.
Present Past Future	(m) The environmental agency reports that the new evidence has been gathered about global warming. (n) When the United States passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1881, 100,000 Chinese were living in the United States. (o) Mario will call you Thursday morning; I hope you will not have left for Omaha by then.	To establish the time frame and the moment of focus.

Time frame shifts.

Simple tenses include the simple present, simple past and simple future. They have the following uses:

Time Frame	Examples	Use
Present Past future	(a) Our in –groups help to define or values. (b) Immigrants to America in the mid nineteenth century included large numbers of Chinese. © Families will always be important to most of us.	To express general ideas, relationships and truths.
Present. Past Future	(d) Our family visits my grandparents after church every Sunday. (e) Almost every year we celebrated my great aunt’s birthday with a family picnic. (f) The club will collect clues once a month.	To describe habitual actions.
Present Past Future	(g) Kay thinks she has chosen the right profession. (h) People once believed that earth was flat. (i) You will love our new puppy.	To describe mental perceptions or emotions.
Present Past Future	(j) Mark has three brothers (k) We owned a SUV, but we traded it in for a hybrid car. (l) By next month, Hannah will have a new computer.	To express possessions or personal relationships.
Present Past Future	(m) The environmental agency reports that the new evidence has been gathered about global warming. (n) When the United States passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1881, 100,000 Chinese were living in the United States. (o) Mario will call you Thursday morning; I hope you will not have left for Omaha by then.	To establish the time frame and the moment of focus.