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for CHAPTER 7: USING VERBS CORRECTLY pages 206–209

Identifying Tense
7d. The tense of a verb indicates the time of the action or the state of being that is expressed by
the verb.
PRESENT The boy runs. PRESENT PERFECT The boy has run.
USAGE

PAST The boy ran. PAST PERFECT The boy had run.
FUTURE The boy will run. FUTURE PERFECT The boy will have run.

Each of the six tenses also has a form called the progressive form.

EXAMPLE The boy is running. [present progressive]

EXERCISE On the line provided before each of the following sentences, write the tense of the underlined
verb (present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, future perfect). Also indicate whether the tense is in
the progressive form.

Example present perfect progressive 1. Jenny has been learning how to use the computer.

1. Jenny had never used graphics software on the computer.

2. She was writing a report about the Ohio River.

3. Jenny wanted photographs in her report.

4. She has been taking many pictures of the Ohio River.

5. Jenny has scanned the photographs with her new scanner.

6. She uses a viewer program to look at the photographs.

7. Jenny’s new software helps her modify the photographs.

8. Jenny now knows how to make changes to her pictures.

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9. Jenny had taken one of the photographs at sunset.

10. The picture was too dark.

11. Jenny was using the software to change the photo.

12. The software allows the user to brighten the photograph.

13. Jenny made the photo lighter and clearer.

14. Jenny had taken a photograph of the bank of the Ohio River.

15. She wanted to use only a small portion of the photo.

16. Jenny cropped the photo using the new software.

17. Jenny had photographed birds with her zoom lens.

18. She has always loved pictures of birds in flight.

19. She will use the software to zoom in on the birds.

20. Jenny will have improved her photographs.

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