Compose clear and coherent

sentences using
appropriate grammatical
structures: -aspects of verbs
(EN6G-Id-3.3)

Noeson B. Tecson
 Unlocking of Difficulties
Select the meaning of the underlined
word in each sentence. Choose the
letter of the correct answer.
1.“I saw a farmer digging yams that were
almost as big as I am”
a. root vegetable
b. stone
c. gold
A mosquito saw an iguana.
Say: This sentence is in the past tense. In
past tense, present tense and future tense the
time is definite or exact. How about if it the
action is indefinite? When we say indefinite,
the time is uncertain or don’t have an exact
time.
If the time of the action is indefinite, we use the
aspects of verbs.
 If the sentence is in past tense and its time in
indefinite the sentence would be:
A mosquito had seen an iguana.
Present the table and compare the first sentence in past tense
and in past perfect tense. Let the pupils answer the second
sentence using the past perfect tense.
The past perfect tense is formed by using
had + past participle form of the verb.
Give another example and let them answer
it orally.
Example: The mosquito listened to it all from
a nearby bush.
(The mosquito had listened to it all from a
nearby bush.)
 Give the past perfect tense of the verb.

 She stayed up all night because she receive bad

news.
 They lost many of the games because they not
practice enough.
 Anthony meet Ryan before you introduced him
to us at the party.
 You study Italian before you moved to Rome.
The iguana grumbles to himself.
Ask. What is the tense of the verb in the
sentence? Past? Present? or future
tense?
Say: Since the sentence is in the
present tense, its time is definite or
exact. How about if it is in indefinite
time? The sentence would be:
The iguana has grumbled to himself.
Present the table and compare the first
sentence in present tense and in present perfect
tense. Let the pupils answer the second
sentence using the past
 The farmers dig bigger yams.
Say: Look at the sentence. What is the
subject? Is the subject singular or plural?
When the subject of the sentence is in
plural form, the present perfect tense
would be:
 
The farmers have dug bigger yams.
 The present perfect tense is formed by
using has/have + the past participle form
of the verb. We use has if the subject is
singular and have if the subject is plural
Give another example and let them answer it
orally.
Example: 1. The mosquito compares himself to a
yam.
(The mosquito has compared himself to a yam.)
2.Some pythons ignore by iguana.
(Some pythons have ignored by iguana.)
Make sentences in the present perfect tense
using the verb form given in the brackets.
1. The boys ……………….. in their answer
sheets. (hand)
2. She ………………… the first prize for her
stupendous performance. (win)
3. The lions ……………….. the bison. (kill)
4. The spider ………………. its web. (weave)
 The future perfect tense is formed by using
will/shall + have + past participle form of the verb.
The signal words are until, before, by the end of the
day, by the end of the week, by the end of the
month.
 
Example: By the end of the year, I shall finish
reading the Bible
.(By the end of the year, I shall have finished reading
the Bible.)
1. The children will eat all the cake before
their mother comes.
2. The fire will destroy the whole building
before the firemen arrive.
3. The patient will die before they reach the
hospital.
4. He will leave before you reach his place.
5. We will pay back all our debts before we
leave this city.
 Identify the aspects of verbs used in the sentence.
Clap once when the sentence is in Past Perfect,
clap twice if it is in Present Perfect or clap trice if it
is in Future Perfect.
  1. The lady has walked gracefully.
2. An engineer had made a building plan for
the public market.
3. By this time tomorrow, I shall have finished
reading the book.
4. We have read a nice story.
5. You had listened to a nice pop song.
Give the past perfect tense of the given
words, thenuse them in sentences.
Give the present perfect tense of the given
words, then use them in sentences
Give the future perfect tense of the
given words, then use them in
sentences
 The past perfect tense is formed by using had +
past participle form of the verb.
The present perfect tense is formed by using
has/have + the past participle form of the verb. We
use has if the subject is singular and have if the
subject is plural.
The future perfect tense is formed by using
will/shall + have + past participle form of the verb.
 Give the past perfect tense of the verb.

 She establish her company before

2008.
 He never play football until last week.
 They got engage before last year.
 I fall asleep before eight o'clock.
 Give the present perfect tense of the
verb.
I …………………. confirmation of the news.
(receive)
The police ……………… the smugglers. (arrest)
The birds ………………… home to roost. (come)
The trees ………………… blooming. (start)