english 9 mr. rinka - lesson #33 verb tense poetry analysis
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English 9Mr. Rinka - Lesson #33
Verb TensePoetry Analysis
Verb Tense
A Verb’s Tense expresses the time of action or state of being. Verbs have 6 Tenses formed from the principle parts:
Verb Tense
PresentPastFuturePresent PerfectPast PerfectFuture Perfect
Verb Tenses in Order of Time
Past Perfect = existing or happening before a specific time in the past.
I had played video games before I went to bed.
Verb Tenses in Order of Time
Past = existing or happening in the past.
I played with Jenny yesterday.
Verb Tenses in Order of Time
Present Perfect = existing or happening sometime before now.
I have played baseball for five years.
Verb Tenses in Order of Time
Present = existing or happening now.
I still play with my toys.
Verb Tenses in Order of Time
Future Perfect = existing or happening before a specific time in the future.
Tomorrow by this time, I will have finished playing our game.
Verb Tenses in Order of Time
Future = existing or happening in the future.
I will play with you this weekend.
Conjugating Verbs
Conjugating a verb is listing all 6 tense forms of a verb. We will now conjugate the verb play in active voice.
Conjugating Verbs
Principle parts of the Verb Play
Base Form
Present participle
Past Past Participle
play (is) playing
played
(have) played
Present TenseSingular
I play
you play
he/she/ it plays
Plural
we play
you play
they play
Past TenseSingular
I played
you played
he/she/it played
Plural
we played
you played
they played
Future Tense(will or shall + Base Form)
Singular
I will play
you will play
he/she/it will play
Plural
we will play
you will play
they will play
Present Perfect Tense
(have or has + past participle)Singular
I have played
you have played
he/she has played
Plural
we have played
you have played
they have played
Past Perfect Tense(had + past participle)
Singular
I had played
you had played
he/she/it had played
Plural
we had played
you had played
they had played
Future Perfect Tense
(will have or shall have + past participle)Singular
I will have played
You will have played
he/she/it will have played
Plural
we will have played
you will have played
they will have played
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
I have given you notes on verb tenses.
We will cover more on verbs later.
I live in a city on the Atlantic Ocean.
The students will have learned a lot about grammar by the end of school.
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
I have given you notes on verb tenses.present perfect
We will cover more on verbs later.future
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
I live in a city on the Atlantic Ocean.present
The students will have learned a lot about grammar by the end of school.future perfect
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
My mother had baked a cake before.
We watched a movie on Saturday night.
He has worked for our company for years.
You will like the new downtown library.
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
My mother had baked a cake before.past perfect
We watched a movie on Saturday night.past
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
He has worked for our company for years.present perfect
You will like the new downtown library. future
Progressive Form
All 6 tenses have a progressive form as well. Progressive form presents continuing action or state of being. (appropriate tense of “be + present participle).
Progressive Form
Appropriate tense of “be + present participle:
Present = be, am, is, are Past = was, were
Present Participle = being Past Participle = been
Progressive Form
Present Progressive
We are talking about this weekend’s trip to the mountains.
Progressive Form
Past Progressive
My friends were going to the beach while I was in school.
Progressive Form
Future Progressive
The teacher will be giving us help after school all week.
Progressive Form
Present Perfect Progressive
My class has been studying Chinese art for two weeks.
Progressive Form
Past Perfect Progressive
We had been studying African art before that.
Progressive Form
Future Perfect Progressive
By next week, we will have been working for two months on our art projects.
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
My family watched television last night.
We watch television every night.
I was watching television when you called.
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
My family watched television last night.past
We watch television every night. present
I was watching television when you called.past progressive
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
I have been watching the best television show.
I will watch that show again next week.
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
I have been watching the best television show.present perfect progressive
I will watch that show again next week.future
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
We will be watching television all night.
I had watched that television show before.
He is watching television right now.
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
We will be watching television all night.future progressive
I had watched that television show before.past perfect
He is watching television right now. present progressive
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
My friends have been watching television since 4:00 PM.
I had been watching television when you called.
Identify Verbs And Verb Tense
My friends have been watching television since 4:00 PM.present perfect progressive
I had been watching television when you called.past perfect progressive
Verb Tense Exercise
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/lefg1_futuretenses2.html#
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance..
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:— A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company: I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought:
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude, And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils......
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud AThat floats on high o'er vales and hills, BWhen all at once I saw a crowd, A A host, of golden daffodils; BBeside the lake, beneath the trees, CFluttering and dancing in the breeze C
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
Continuous as the stars that shine DAnd twinkle on the milky way, EThey stretched in never-ending line DAlong the margin of a bay: ETen thousand saw I at a glance, FTossing their heads in sprightly dance.. F
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
The waves beside them danced; but they EOut-did the sparkling waves in glee:— GA poet could not but be gay EIn such a jocund company: G I gazed—and gazed—but little thought HWhat wealth the show to me had brought: H
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
For oft when on my couch I lie IIn vacant or in pensive mood, JThey flash upon that inward eye IWhich is the bliss of solitude, JAnd then my heart with pleasure fills, AAnd dances with the daffodils...... A
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
Iambic Tetrameter
Four Sestets (Sextet) = a six line stanza
Lyric = Songlike poetry that expresses private emotions or thoughts.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
I wan / dered lone / ly as / a cloud
That floats / on high / o'er vales / and hills,
When all / at once / I saw / a crowd,
A host, / of gol / den daf / fo dils;
Be side / the lake,/ be neath / the trees,
Flut tering / and danc / ing in / the breeze
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sound in words that are close to one another.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud (1)
That floats on high o'er vales and hills, (2)
A host, of golden daffodils; (4)
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, (5)
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
Assonance
The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
When all at once I saw a crowd, (3)
Beside the lake, beneath the trees (4)
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
SimileComparison using “Like” or “as”
I wandered lonely as a cloud (1)
(Daffodils) Continuous as the stars that shine (7)
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
Personification Giving nonhuman things human qualities.
When all at once I saw a crowd, (3)
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.. (12)
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
While wandering in a path like a cloud would take, the speaker comes upon a field of daffodils fluttering in the breeze beneath trees on the lake shore.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance..
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
The daffodils spread all along the lake shore reminding the speaker of all the stars in the Milky Way. The speaker is alone yet finds company in the flowers and makes them human like when he sees them as a crowd that is dancing.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:— A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company: I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought:
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
As the speaker watched the daffodils out perform the waves in the lake with their dancing, he did not fully realize the impact this experience would have on him and what he will take with him in his memories.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude, And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils......
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth
Later on whenever he was at home on his couch, alone, he can recall the memory of the daffodils which fills him with feelings of comfort and joy. To the speaker, he is never then alone.
What Do You Think?
What experience have you had that when you recall gives you a feeling of comfort and even joy?
Verb Tense Exercise
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/lefg1_futuretenses2.html#