Question

Identify the CAPITALIZED verb as progressive (P) or emphatic (E).

1. Did you GO to the swim meet?
2. I WILL BE BUYING season tickets tomorrow.
3. I HAVE BEEN SAVING my money all month.
4. Coach Chang DIDn’t KNOW about the new uniforms.
5. He WILL HAVE BEEN LOOKING for the old uniforms for two hours.
6. He DOES LOOK frantic.
7. I AM GOING to the football game.
8. I SHALL BE SITTING at the fifty-yard line.

Answer 1

Numbers 1, 4, and 6 are emphatic while numbers 2,3,5,7 and 8 are progressive. You can easily recognize progressive forms as they always have the -ing verb form.

Answer 2

Answer;
1. Did you GO to the swim meet? (E)
2. I WILL BE BUYING season tickets tomorrow. (P)
3. I HAVE BEEN SAVING my money all month.(P)
4. Coach Chang DIDn’t KNOW about the new uniforms. (E)
5. He WILL HAVE BEEN LOOKING for the old uniforms for two hours.(P)
6. He DOES LOOK frantic.(E)
7. I AM GOING to the football game.(P)
8. I SHALL BE SITTING at the fifty-yard line.(P)

Explanation;
Progressive verbs forms, are forms that are used to show progress or an ongoing action. They always end in -ing.
Emphatic form is used to show emphasis or contradiction and consists of the present or past tense of "do" with the base form of the main verb. For example, "i did finish my work"