Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
ELA.3.C.3.1
Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
3rd Grade Writing - Perfect and Progessive Tenses Lesson
Perfect Tense
The perfect tense of verbs describe an action that has, was, or will have been completed. They are formed by “to have” verb plus the past participle of the verb.
Following are the three main perfect tense forms.
Present Perfect Tense
Present perfect tense shows an action that was completed at a time in the past or began in the past and continues to happen. It uses “has” or “have” plus the past participle form.
Example: They have finished the game.
Past Perfect Tense
Past perfect tense shows an action that was complete in the past. It describes an action that had happened before something else. It uses “had” plus the past participle form.
Example: I had eaten breakfast by the time you arrived.
Future Perfect Tense
Future perfect tense shows an action that will have happened by a certain point in the future. It uses “will have” plus the past participle form.
Example: She will have eaten blueberries before dinner.
Progressive Verb Tense
Verbs that are in the progressive tense are used to talk about continuous actions. In other words, they tell if the action is happening, was happening, or will be happening.
Present Progressive Tense
The present progressive tense tells about something that is happening right now. It uses the helping verb is, am, or are and the progressive form of the verb (or the –ing form).
Examples: We are having Chinese food for dinner. She is painting a beautiful picture.
Past Progressive Tense
The past progressive tense tells about something that was happening in the past. It uses the helping verb was or were and the progressive form of the verb (or the –ing form). Usually, the past progressive verb tense talks about an action that happened in the middle of another action.
Example: It was raining when I was ready to go out.
Future Progressive Tense
The future progressive tense or continuous tense describes actions that will be ongoing in the future. It is formed using the helping verb will be and the progressive form of the verb (or the –ing form).
Example: They will be visiting Aunt Rhonda in Austin in the summer.
3rd Grade Writing - Perfect and Progessive Tenses Lesson