1. Verb Tense

2. 1. What is Tense? *Denise served bagels for breakfast yesterday.
The tense of a verb indicates the time of the action or of the state of being that is expressed by the verb.
Examples:
*Denise served bagels for breakfast yesterday.
*Randy will play the drums tonight.

3. There are three basic tenses (past, present, future).
1. What is Tense?
There are three basic tenses (past, present, future).
Each basic tense has a perfect form, indicating a completed action.
When you list the different forms (tenses) of a verb, it is called conjugating.

4. 2. The Six Tenses
Draw this in your notes, please.

5. 2. The Six Tenses
Past- existing or happening in the past (-ed or form of the verb).
Examples:
*I saw the rainbow yesterday.
*She took the bus last night.

6. Assessment Prompt
Showdown! With a partner, back to back, count down from three, turn around, and say a verb of this tense. If you are either wrong, or the slowest, you get no points. If you are the first one with the right answer, you earn a point.

7. *She takes the bus to save on gas.
2. The Six Tenses
Present- existing or happening now (present form of the verb, or with an “s”).
Examples:
*I see the rainbow now.
*She takes the bus to save on gas.

8. Assessment Prompt
Showdown! With a partner, back to back, count down from three, turn around, and say a verb of this tense. If you are either wrong, or the slowest, you get no points. If you are the first one with the right answer, you earn a point.

9. Future- existing or happening in the future (will/shall).
2. The Six Tenses
Future- existing or happening in the future (will/shall).
Examples:
*I will see the rainbow soon.
*She will take the bus tomorrow.

10. Assessment Prompt
Showdown! With a partner, back to back, count down from three, turn around, and say a verb of this tense. If you are either wrong, or the slowest, you get no points. If you are the first one with the right answer, you earn a point.

11. *I had seen a rainbow before today.
2. The Six Tenses
Past Perfect- existing or happening before a specific time in the past (had).
Examples:
*I had seen a rainbow before today.
*She had taken the bus last Thursday.

12. Assessment Prompt
Showdown! With a partner, back to back, count down from three, turn around, and say a verb of this tense. If you are either wrong, or the slowest, you get no points. If you are the first one with the right answer, you earn a point.

13. *We have seen rainbows in the past. *She has taken the bus before.
2. The Six Tenses
Present Perfect- existing or happening sometime before now; may be continuing now (have/has).
Examples:
*We have seen rainbows in the past.
*She has taken the bus before.

14. Assessment Prompt
Showdown! With a partner, back to back, count down from three, turn around, and say a verb of this tense. If you are either wrong, or the slowest, you get no points. If you are the first one with the right answer, you earn a point.

15. *We will have seen a rainbow after the next thunderstorm.
2. The Six Tenses
Future Perfect- existing or happening before a specific time in the future (will have).
Examples:
*We will have seen a rainbow after the next thunderstorm.
*She will have taken the bus for seven days in a row on Tuesday.

16. Assessment Prompt
Showdown! With a partner, back to back, count down from three, turn around, and say a verb of this tense. If you are either wrong, or the slowest, you get no points. If you are the first one with the right answer, you earn a point.

17. 3. Consistency of Tense
Do not change needlessly from one tense to another.
Examples:
*When we go to the movies, we bought some popcorn.
Wrong!

18. *When we go to the movies, we bought some popcorn.
3. Consistency of Tense
Do not change needlessly from one tense to another.
Wrong Example:
*When we go to the movies, we bought some popcorn.
*When we go to the movies, we buy some popcorn. OR
*When we went to the movies, we bought some popcorn.

19. SUMMARIZER
Select any base form of a verb. Create a chart of each of the six tenses and trace the changes of the verb through each of those shifts.
Example:
Walk, Walked, will walk, have walked, will have walked, had walked