Perfect FormThe perfect form is the verb tense used to indicate a completed, or "perfected," action or condition. Verbs can appear in any one of three perfect tenses: present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. Verbs in the perfect form use a form of "have" or "had" + the past participle. (It is the form of the helping verb that indicates the tense.) Present Perfect: I have finished my homework already.Past Perfect: He had watched TV for an hour before dinner.Future Perfect: Nancy will have finished by the time her parents return. Progressive FormThe progressive form is a verb tense used to show an ongoing action in progress at some point in time. It shows an action still in progress. Verbs can appear in any one of three progressive tenses: present progressive, past progressive, and future progressive. The verbs in the progressive form use a form of "to be" + the present participle (an -ing verb). (It is the form of the helping verb that indicates the tense.) Present Progressive: The cake is baking slowly.Past Progressive: The trees were waving back and forth.Future Progressive: The children will be laughing.Perfect + ProgressiveThe perfect and progressive forms can be combined, as in the following examples (again, the form of the helping verbs indicates the tense): Present Perfect Progressive: I have been running for an hour.Past Perfect Progressive: I had been running for an hour.Future Perfect Progressive: I will have been running for an hour. What Is an AdverbAn adverb adds to a verb. In other words, an adverb describes, modifies or provides more information about a verb in a sentence. So, if you said "I am going to quickly run to the store," the adverb in that sentence (quickly) would be modifying the verb run.Adverbs can be confused with adjectives, which also modify things. However, adjectives modify nouns and pronouns. If you said "I have a nice dog," dog is the noun which is being modified by the adjective nice. On the other hand, if you said that "My dog behaves nicely," behaves would be the adverb modifying the verb.In addition to verbs, adverbs also modify adjectives and other adverbs. So, when you say "I have the most beautiful dog," the dog is the noun, beautiful is the adjective describing the noun, and most is the adverb describing beautiful.Identifying AdverbsIn case you havent figured it out by now, there is a trend when it comes to identifying adverbs. Many, but not all adverbs, end in the letters ly. Luckily, this little trick makes it relatively easy to identify adverbs in sentences. However, this is not always the case, as some frequency adverbs, such as always, often, sometimes, seldom, and never, do not follow this rule. 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Fabiolous teaching!: NON-Progressive Verbs: NON-Progressive Verbs Non-Progressive Verbs The verbs below are called non-action verbs. They are NOT normally ... Sentences can be active or passive. Therefore, tenses also have "active forms" and "passive forms." You must learn to recognize the difference