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Verb tenses tell us when things happen.
Events can happen in the
Past
Present
Future
The Past
This is when an event has already happened.
I ran down the sidewalk after my dog.
I walked across the street to buy some candy
from the store.
I shouted to my brother in the playground.
The Past Tense is Tricky!
• In most languages, the past tense doesn’t
have many IRREGULAR conjugations.
English has many!
• The general rule for past tense is you add
“ed” to the present tense infinitive verb.
• Exceptions to this rule : Ran, Went, Wrote,
Tore, Took, Drank, Came, Spoke, Chose,
etc.
The Present
This is when an event is actually happening.
I run down the sidewalk after my dog.
I walk across to buy some candy from the
store.
I shout to my brother in the playground.
Present Tense
• Remember Subject-Verb Agreement Rules!
• Single subjects require single verbs, and
plural subjects require plural verbs.
• Jack runs down the sidewalk after his
dog.
• Jack and Jill run down the sidewalk
after their dog.
Present Progressive Tense
• Expresses an action that is not completed
• Shows an on-going, continuous event
• Form by adding am, is, are to the -ing form
of the verb.
• Example: Scientists are learning a great deal
from their astrology research.
The Future
This is when an event has not taken place
yet.
I will run down the sidewalk after my dog.
I will walk across to buy some candy from the
store.
I will shout to my brother in the playground.
Future Tense
• Expresses an action that will take place
• For future tense, add “will” to the infinitive
verb!
• Example: He will walk to the store.
• Not: He will walks to the store.
Look at each of these sentences and
decide what tense it has been written in.
We went for a walk.
George will rush into school today.
The Spartans beat the Vikings 6-0 last
week.
Lucy will be driving me to school today.
I am smelling my supper cooking in the
kitchen.
Shelley will be coming for lunch on
Sunday.
Can you make the following sentences
into the past, the present progressive
and the future tense?
Lilly stares at the television intently.
Lilly stared at the television intently.
Past
Lilly is staring at the television intently. Progressive
Lilly will stare at the television intently.
Future
I laugh at the clown in the circus.
I laughed at the clown in the circus.
Past
I am laughing at the clown in the circus.
Progressive
I will laugh at the clown in the circus.
Future
They swim in the pool often.
They swam in the pool often.
Past
They are swimming in the pool often.
Progressive
They will swim in the pool often.
Future
Remember!
Whenever you are writing you should try
to stay in the same tense all the way
through.