Aspect of verbs

• Verbs are action words
• Examples of verbs


  • play
  • walk
  • run
  • sing
  • dance
  • cook
  • jump
  • write
  • sleep
• Verb tense


  Indicates the time of the action (past, present, future)
• Verb aspect


  Refers to the state of action of a verb and indicates the duration or completion of an event
• Types of verb aspects

  • Simple
  • Progressive
  • Perfect
  • Perfect Progressive
• Simple present tense


  1. Use S form of verb for singular subjects

  2. Use base form of verb for plural subjects and pronouns I, you
• Simple present tense


  • The Earth rotates around the Sun
  • Delia walks to school every day
  • The sun rises in the East
  • They spend their vacation in Batanes every year
• Simple past tense


  1. For regular verbs, add ED to base form

  2. For irregular verbs, change spelling
• Simple future tense


  Use will or shall plus base form of verb
• Present progressive


  Use be verb (am/is/are) plus -ing form of verb
• Present progressive


  • The students are taking the test now
  • The teacher is preparing the lessons
  • I am dancing with the music
• Past progressive


  Use past tense of be verb (was/were) plus -ing form of verb
• Past progressive


  • Timmy was walking to the office at 7am
  • I was preparing for church at 6pm yesterday
  • They were preparing for the party when the visitors came
• Future progressive


  Use will/shall plus be plus -ing form of verb
• Future progressive


  • Trina will be graduating from Elementary this year
  • The grade 5 pupils will be attending a mass tomorrow
• Present perfect


  Use has/have plus past participle of verb
• Present perfect


  • Sheila has been from Elementary this year
  • Berta has just baked cookies
  • I have called the plumber
• Past perfect


  Use had plus past participle of verb
• Past perfect


  • Some supporters had already left before they proclaimed the elected officers
• Future perfect


  Use will/shall plus have plus past participle of verb
• Future perfect


  • I will have finished the school project before 2pm
  • Migs will have memorized the song by the end of this week
• Present perfect progressive


  Use has/have plus been plus -ing form of verb
• Present perfect progressive


  • Ruena has been reading that book
  • I have been accomplishing the task in this module
  • The athletes have been practicing
• Past perfect progressive


  Use had plus been plus -ing form of verb
• Past perfect progressive


  • Carla had been trying to finish her degree that year
  • My father had been performing well so the company gave him an award
• Future perfect progressive


  Use will/shall plus have plus been plus -ing form of verb
• Future perfect progressive


  • Next month the Bayanihan dance club will have been performing for 5 years
  • Helen will have been teaching for 10 years next week
• A verb is composed of tense and aspect
• Verb tense indicates the time of the action (past, present, future)
• Verb aspect refers to the state of action of a verb and indicates the duration or completion of an event
• There are four types of verb aspects: simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive