VERBS & TENSES

WHAT IS A VERB?

A WORD USED TO DESCRIBE AN ACTIONMOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE SENTENCETELLS SOMETHING ABOUT A PERSON OR A THING AND WHAT THEY DO

EXAMPLES• DANCING• SWIMMING• READING• EATING• LAUGHS• RUNS• PLAYS• WATCHING• COOKS

WHAT IS A TENSE?

SHOWS THE TIME OF AN ACTION3 BASIC TENSES IN ENGLISH• PRESENT• PAST• FUTURE

PRESENT TENSE

• REFERS TO PRESENT TIME • DESCRIBES ACTION OR CONDITIONS THAT ARE HABITUAL

EXAMPLESI DO MY HOMEWORK AFTER SCHOOL.I LOVE MY FAMILY.

*HELPFUL HINT-LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING WORDS/PHRASES: ALWAYS, NEVER, OFTEN, EVERYDAY, USUALLY, RARELY, ON FRIDAYS. RARELY, ONCE A MONTH

PAST TENSE• TYPICALLY –D OR –ED ARE ADDED TO SHOW SOMETHING OCCURRED IN

THE PAST• THERE ARE MANY IRREGULAR VERBS HOWEVER

Wrote(Write

)

Did(Do)

Slept(Sleep

)

Went(Go)

Sat(Sit)

Gave(Give)

Bled(Bleed

)

Drove(Drive

)Ran

(Run)Saw(See)

Eat(Ate)

Took(Take)

RangRung(Ring)

Said(Say)

Fought(Fight

)

SangSung(Sing)

FUTURE TENSE

• APPLIES TO ACTION THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN SOON OR LATER• ADD THE WORD “WILL” OR “SHALL” BEFORE THE VERB

SOME WORDS DO NOT CHANGE IN THEIR TENSES

• CUT PUT HIT SHUTLET HURT COST

• I HIT MY HEAD ON TABLE/YESTERDAY A CAR ALMOST HIT ME/I WILL HIT A HOMERUN IN MY GAME.

BERNIE B. QUIZ!TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE BY FILLING IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT VERB TENSE

Present Past FutureRAN

WORKSPEAK SPOKE

WILL WATCHDANCEDWALKED

EATWILL COUNT

BERNIE B. QUIZ!TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE BY FILLING IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT VERB TENSE

Present Past FutureRUN RAN WILL RUN

WORK WORKED WILL WORKSPEAK SPOKE WILL SPEAK

WATCH WATCHED WILL WATCHDANCE DANCED WILL DANCEWALK WALKED WILL WALK

EAT ATE WILL EATCOUNT COUNTED WILL COUNT

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