Write a paragraph about the above cartoon. Use different verb tenses present, past, past continuous but try to use the present perfect as much as possible—look for actions that started in the past and continues to the day in the cartoon, actions that are repeated over and over in the past and will repeat again, an completed action in the past at an unspecified time. The woman’s name is Blondie. The man’s name is Dagwood. Their married name is Bumstead. Look at page 368 and use various adverb clauses with the tense, use conjunctions and, but, or, and look in the book front and back covers for different verb tenses and uses, finally use your verb tense chart and use time word adverbs and prepositional phrases of time appropriately. You can start with this sentence: It has been an emotional day for the Bumsteads. First Example: Blondie is crying because she has been thinking about the beautiful wedding.

Figure 1 From "Blondie" by Dean Young and John Marshall