Understanding verb tense What are the verb tenses? Present and present perfect Past and past perfect Future and future perfect By haytham kilani
What are the verb tenses? Verbs do a lot of work in sentences. They show actions and states of being. They even take different forms to show time. flies flew will fly
What are the verb tenses? The tense of a verb indicates the time of the action or state of being expressed by the verb. Perfect tenses indicate that something happened or existed before a specific point in time. Past Present Future Past Future Present Past Perfect Present Perfect Future Perfect She will have played in ten concerts by April. She has played in the band for three years. Gwen will play in a concert tomorrow. She had played violin before then. Gwen plays guitar in a jazz band. Gwen played last year as well.
What are the verb tenses? The tenses of verbs are formed from the four principal parts of verbs. Base Form smile choose Present Participle [is] smil ing [is] choos ing Past smile d cho se Past Participle [have] smile d [have] cho sen
What are the verb tenses? Each tense has a progressive form, which is used to express continuing action or state of being. Present progressive am, are, is talking Past progressive was, were talking Future progressive will (shall) be talking Present perfect progressive has, have been talking Past perfect progressive had been talking Future perfect progressive will (shall) have been talking
What are the verb tenses? Present and present perfect The present tense expresses an action or a state of being that is occurring now, at the present time. Today we honor our veterans. Polly is marching in the parade. (Progressive form)
What are the verb tenses? Present and present perfect The present perfect tense expresses an action or a state of being that occurred at an indefinite time in the past is usually formed using the helping verb have or has plus the past participle Mike has been in several parades. He has played the drum in all of them.
What are the verb tenses? Present and present perfect The present perfect tense is also used to express an action or state of being that began in the past and continues into the present. In this case, perfect means complete. Mr. Lee has taught music at our school since 2004. (Progressive form) Yoko has been taking flute lessons for six years.
What are the verb tenses? Past and past perfect The past tense expresses an action or a state of being that occurred in the past but did not continue into the present. The two friends shared the large swing. They were swinging for a long time. (Progressive form)
What are the verb tenses? Past and past perfect The past perfect tense expresses an action or a state of being that ended before another past action or state of being occurred is usually formed using had plus the past participle After Maria had gone home, Kim was bored. She asked her dad about the time that he had been a lifeguard at the beach.
What are the verb tenses? Future and future perfect The future tense expresses an action or a state of being that will occur is usually formed using will or shall plus the base form My family will ride the train to Chicago. We will be arriving at five o’clock. (Progressive form)
What are the verb tenses? Future and future perfect The future perfect tense expresses an action or a state of being that will end before another future action or state of being is usually formed using will have or shall have plus the past participle By the time you receive this letter, she will have returned home. After this trip, he will have been to Chicago three times.
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