Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
CITY SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ANTIPOLO
JUAN SUMULONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAN ROQUE, ANTIPOLO CITY
English 5
Learning Activity Sheet
Week 2

Name: Section:

Day 1: The Past Progressive Tense

The Progressive Aspect
Verbs may be composed of more than one word; these are called verb phrases. A verb
phrase consists of a helping verb and the main verb.

Be Verbs or Helping verbs are these following examples am, is are, was and were.

A. The Past Progressive Tense

The past progressive tense indicates continuing action, something that was
happening, going on, at some point in the past.
The one being talked Be Verbs/ Helping verb Present participle of the
about in the past tense Verb
SUBJECT was/were Verb with an -ing ending

Examples:

1. Lawrence was learning to play the guitar.

Verb with -ing ending
Subject- Singular (Noun)
Be Verbs/ Helping Verbs

2. Lawrence and Lloyd were learning to play the guitar.

Verb with -ing ending
Subject- Plural (Noun)
Be Verbs/ Helping Verbs

Note: Past progressive tense chart

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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
CITY SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ANTIPOLO
JUAN SUMULONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAN ROQUE, ANTIPOLO CITY
Activity
Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verb to be.
Past Progressive (was, were)
1. Josh _______ taking pictures.
2. Melinda _______ practicing the piano.
3. They ________ watching a soccer game.
4. Peter ________ feeding the baby.
5. The pupils ________ doing their homework.

Directions: Complete the sentences with the past progressive tenses of the verbs in brackets.
A. Past Progressive Tense
1. Rubina _____________________ on the phone. (talk)
2. The birds _____________________ around the garden. (fly)
3. My classmate ___________________ me about his childhood. (tell)
4. You ________________ tennis at 11 am. (play)
5. They ________________ the windows when it started to rain. (clean)

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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
CITY SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ANTIPOLO
JUAN SUMULONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAN ROQUE, ANTIPOLO CITY
English 5
Learning Activity Sheet
Week 2

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Day 2: The Present Progressive Tense

B. The Present Progressive Tense
The present progressive tense indicates continuing action, something that is going on
now.
The one being talked Be Verbs/ Helping Present participle of the
about verb in the past tense Verb
SUBJECT am, is, are Verb with an -ing ending

Examples:
1. I am planting a tree to help save our planet.
Verb with an -ing ending
Subject- I (Pronoun)
Be Verb/ Helping Verb
Singular Subject
am
2. She is planting a tree to help save our planet.
Verb with an -ing ending
Subject- She (Pronoun)
Be Verb/ Helping Verb
Singular Subject
is
3. The children are planting trees to help save our planet.
Subject- children Verb with an -ing ending
Plural- Subject Be Verb/ Helping Verb
are
Note: present progressive tense chart:

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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
CITY SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ANTIPOLO
JUAN SUMULONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAN ROQUE, ANTIPOLO CITY

Activity
Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verb to be.
Present Progressive (am, is, are)
1. Tim and Tom ______ sleeping.
2. Her dog _______ barking.
3. I ______ running.
4. Our friends ______ singing.
5. The woman _______ writing a letter.

Directions: Complete the sentences with the past progressive tenses of the verbs in
brackets..
Present Progressive Tense
1. My mom ________________ a cake. (bake)
2. The teachers ________________ the pupils to behave. (instruct)
3. Kevin and Kelly ________________ shrimp and fries. (eat)
4. Eleanor ___________________ to go to Boracay for vacation. (want)
5. The team __________________ the game. (win)

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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
CITY SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ANTIPOLO
JUAN SUMULONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAN ROQUE, ANTIPOLO CITY
English 5
Learning Activity Sheet
Week 2

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Day 3: The Future Progressive Tense

C. The Future Progressive Tense
The future progressive expresses an action that will be in progress at a specific time in
the future.

The one being talked Present participle of the

about
Will or be Verb
SUBJECT shall Verb with an -ing ending

Examples:
1. Trina will be graduating from elementary this year.
Verb with an -ing ending
will be
Subject- Noun (Singular)
ll ll
2. The Grade 5 pupils will be attending a mass tomorrow.
will be Verb with an -ing ending
Subject- Noun (Singular)
ll
Activity:

Direction: Put the verbs into the correct form (future progressive).
1. At midnight we (sleep) _______________
2. This time next week we (sit) ______________ at the beach.
3. At nine I (watch) _____________ the news.
4. Tonight we (cram up) _______________ for our English test.
5. They (dance) ________________ all night.
6. He (not / play) _______________ all afternoon.
7. I (not / work) _________________ all day.
8. (eat / you) __________________ at six?
9. (drive / she) _________________ to London?
10. (fight / they) _______________ again?

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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
CITY SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ANTIPOLO
JUAN SUMULONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAN ROQUE, ANTIPOLO CITY
English 5
Learning Activity Sheet
Week 2

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Day 4: Performance Task

Activity: List 5 daily activities you do often during weekends and write a sentence using
the following activities provide. Use aspects of progressive tenses of the verb.

1.________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________
3.________________________________________________________________
4._________________________________________________________________
5._________________________________________________________________

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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
CITY SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ANTIPOLO
JUAN SUMULONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAN ROQUE, ANTIPOLO CITY
English 5
Learning Activity Sheet
Week 2

Name: Section:

Day 5: Additional Activity

Direction: Write 3 sentences with past progressive tense, 3 sentences with present, and 3
sentences with future progressive tense.

A. Past Progressive
1
2
3

B. Present Progressive
1
2
3

C. Future Progressive
1.
2.
2.

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