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COMPLETE VERB
A COMPLETE VERB, which is the verb plus its auxiliaries and modals, may contain up to four words.

Examples:
1- word verb: Bonnie Lou likes orange Popsicles. (simple)
2- word verb: Jack had worked the cotton candy machine before. (past perfect)
3- word verb: Wild rabbits could have eaten my cabbages. (present perfect with modal)
4- word verb: I might have been joking. (present perfect progressive with modal)

CONJUGATION CHART FOR REGULAR VERBS

	PAST TENSE	PRESENT TENSE	FUTURE TENSE
SIMPLE	walked	walk, walks	will walk
PERFECT to have + (V-ed)	had walked	has/have walked	will have walked
PROGRESSIVE to be + (V-ing) present participle form of verb	was/were walking	am/is/are walking	will be walking
PERFECT PROGRESSIVE to have + been + (V-ing) past participle form of verb	had been walking	has/have been walking	will have been walking

LESSON #4 Activity

PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

PAST TENSE

PRESENT TENSE

FUTURE TENSE

SIMPLE

walked

walk, walks

will walk

PERFECT to have + (V-ed)

had walked

has/have walked

will have walked

PROGRESSIVE
to be + (V-ing)
present participle form of verb

was/were walking

am/is/are walking

will be walking

PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
to have + been + (V-ing)
past participle form of verb

had been walking

has/have been walking

will have been walking