Point Classroom Verbs Classroom Verbs point Present Tense: point / points The teacher points at the whiteboard. Present Continuous Tense: (be) pointing He’s pointing at a word on the whiteboard. The teacher is pointing at a word on the whiteboard. Past Tense: pointed He pointed at something important. Infinitive: The teacher uses his finger or a stick to point at things on the board. Gerund: Pointing at words on the whiteboard helps students understand new ideas. more classroom verbs