PhrasesPast participle (Ven form) had
Present participle (Ving form) having
Gerund (Ving form) having
c. do Present
Third person singular does
All other persons and numbers do
Past
All persons and numbers did
Past participle (Ven form) done
Present participle (Ving form) doing
Gerund (Ving form) doing
table 7: forms of be, have, and do
Auxiliary be will always follow auxiliary have when they occur together in
the same clause. Whichever verb follows progressive be assumes its present
participle form, Ving. Our formula is BE + Ving, and the syntactic structure
corresponding to this is:
(55)
BE Ving
Exercise
Using (a) as a model, identify the two elements of the progressive in
each of the following sentences:
a. The students were acting out.
b. Everyone was talking during class.
c. Ted and Sheila are getting divorced.
d. Sheila and Roger are planning to elope.
e. Ted is feeling blue.
f. Their friends are acting surprised.