“That’s insane,” Mariana whispered.
Verbius paused. “Acceptable. Next: .” 501 English Verbs.pdf
Mariana froze. Her cursor moved on its own. The file expanded, swallowing her desktop icons one by one. Suddenly, her room dissolved. She was standing in a gray, infinite void—and in front of her stood a stern-looking, animated letter with tiny feet. “That’s insane,” Mariana whispered
Sweating, Mariana recited: “Fly, flew, flown, am flying, was flying, have flown, had flown, will fly, will have flown, will have been flying…” Suddenly, her room dissolved
Mariana laughed nervously. “That’s the first one in the book.” She took a breath. “I am, you are, he/she/it is, we are, they are. Past: I was, we were. Future: I will be. Present perfect: I have been. Past perfect: I had been. Future perfect: I will have been. Present progressive: I am being. Past progressive: I was being. Present perfect progressive: I have been being…”
She closed the laptop, looked at Mittens, and whispered: “I will have been studying. You hear that, cat? Will have been studying. ”
Verbius snapped his stick-figure fingers. A giant screen appeared with the word .