Harvey's Elementary Grammar and Composition · Lesson 94 · Part 2: Part II: The parts of speech in full
71. Progressive, emphatic and question forms
Goal: Your child can use the progressive, emphatic and interrogative forms of a verb.
You'll need
- The book, open to this lesson
- Paper and a pencil (or a slate)
What's in the book
Lesson 94 defines the three coordinate forms of conjugation and gives synopses of each for "to love."
The lesson, step by step
Review
Ask for the passive of "I see" and "I saw."
Three forms
Read:
The Progressive, the Emphatic, and the Interrogative are called the Coordinate Forms of Conjugation.
Each one
Read:
The Progressive Form is used to denote action, being, or state in progress; as, "He was writing."
The Emphatic Form represents an act with emphasis; as, "I do write;" "He did write."
The Interrogative Form is used in asking questions; as, "Love I?" "Did he write?"
Oral practice
Take "play." Your child gives: I am playing (progressive), I do play (emphatic), Do I play? (interrogative).
Read the synopses
Read the synopses of the three forms on pages 116 and 117 aloud. Then write a progressive synopsis for "walk".
Use it today
Use the emphatic form when you mean it: "I did brush my teeth!"
Answers to the book's problems
Progressive synopsis of walk: I am walking, I have been walking, I was walking, I had been walking, I shall be walking, I shall have been walking. Check other forms against the book.
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