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TEST DATE: MONDAY, JANUARY 11TH
Irregular verbs, and how to use them correctly
Verb tenses
Voice: active vs. passive
Mood: indicative vs. subjunctive
See charts on pg. 201 and 203
Know the present, past, and past participle
Be able to use them in sentences
Simple tenses: past, present, future
◦ Past: I started.
◦ Present: I start.
◦ Future: I will start.
Perfect tenses: past perfect, present perfect,
future perfect
◦ Past perfect: I had started
◦ Present perfect: I have started. She has started.
◦ Future perfect: I will have started.
Progressive form: always ends in “–ing,” and
uses a form of “be”
◦ Past progressive: I was starting.
◦ Present progressive: I am starting.
◦ Future progressive: I will be starting.
◦ Past perfect progressive: I had been starting.
◦ Present perfect progressive: I have been starting. (She has been starting.)
◦ Future perfect progressive: I will have been starting.
Active: the subject of the sentence is doing the action.
◦ Joe dropped the book. Jill caught the ball.
Passive: the subject of the sentence is having something done to it.
◦ The book was dropped by Joe. The ball was caught by Jill.
Always use the active voice, unless:
◦ You don’t know who did the action. (“Mr. Smith was murdered last night.”)
Indicative: most writing; tells something. (I shut the
door. I was late yesterday.)
Imperative: gives a command. (Shut the door.)
Subjunctive: expresses something that is contrary
tofact (a “whatif”)
◦ If only the bus were on time, I would not be late for school. (The bus was not actually on time).
◦ If I were late, I would go to student services. (I am not actually late, I’m talking about a whatif.)
Always use “were” in the subjunctive mood.












