Review: Verb Tenses

Reflection

1. What is a verb?

A verb is an action Running Swim Jump laugh

1. What is a tense?

Past Present Future

1. What is a verb tense? The time the action takes place.

What is a verb tense?

We use present tense to talk about things that always or never happen or habits.

1. Usually, I go to school at 7:00 am.

2. I never eat in the cafeteria.

3. Lizards climb on the walls everyday.

4. She swims in the pool every morning.

For the He/She/It person, add an s at the end of the verb.

1. Present Tense

Almost all sentences that make use of one of the following words or phrases take this tense: Usually Generally Regularly Often Daily Everyday(morning, evening)

Now-a-day Seldom Rarely Always Frequently Hardly ever Scarcely ever Once a week and more…

Present Tense

Person Verb

I walk to school every morning.

You go to sleep very late every night

They cry if they are sad.

He/She jumps to dunk the ball.

It eats once a day.

Present Tense Examples:

a. surfed

b. surf

c. surfing

d. surfs

Present Tense 1. Once a week, I _______ in Luquillo

beach.

a. exercises

b. exercised

c. exercising

d. exercise

Present Tense 2. He___________ everyday.

a. dancing

b. danced

c. dance

d. dances

Present Tense 3. She___________ with style.

We use the past tense to talk about things that happened before now.

I watched television yesterday evening.

Add -ed at the end of a word to make in past tense.

talk+ed=talked

If the word already ends in e, just add the d.

change+d= changed

2. Past Tense

If the word ends in a consonant and y, change the y for an i and add ed.

study-y= stud+i+ ed= studied

If the word ends in a vowel and y, just add ed.

play+ed= played

Irregular verbs must be memorized, there is no rule for them.

Past Tense Continued…

The following are examples of the adverbs of time showing past tense:

yesterday

last year

a few minutes ago

in 1982

once

last Friday night

Past Tense

1. Yesterday the cat ___________ how to drive a car.

a. learned

b. learnd

c. learns

d. lernid

Past Tense

2. Last night I ____________ a game of soccer with my friends.

a. played

b. plaied

c. playd

d. playied

Past Tense

3. The baby __________ when his mom left him at daycare.

a. cryed

b. cried

c. crying

d. cries

Past Tense

We use future tense to talk about things that will or won’t happen in the future.

We use the auxiliary verb will, in front of our verbs to make the sentence.

I will go to the movies this Saturday.

Use will not to make the sentence negative.

She will not drink alcohol at the party tonight.

3. Future Tense

1. I _______________, ever!

a. will not smoke

b. will not smoked

c. smokes

d. smoke will not

Future Tense

2. In the future, I ______________ twice about my actions.

a. will thinks

b. will think

c. thought

d. think

Future Tense

3. I __________________ in May!

a. graduated

b. will graduates

c. graduating

d. will graduate

Future Tense

Quiz Review

1. He makes breakfast every morning.

2. He played the guitar yesterday.

3. She will smile every morning for the rest of her life.

Present, Past or Future Verb Tense?

1. He travels on vacation next year. (Future Tense)

2. She work everyday after school. (Present Tense)

3. She will love her Valentine’s day present. (Past Tense)

Fix the Verb Tenses

1. How did you feel about the quiz?

2. Did you understand the instructions?

3. How did you feel about your performance?

4. How can the teacher improve?

Day 3

The PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates continuing action, something going on now. This tense is formed with the helping "to be" verb, in the present tense, plus the present participle of the verb (with an -ing ending)

I am buying all my family's Christmas gifts early this year. She is skating in the park. They are running in the beach.

The FUTURE AND PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicate actions that have been

happening or will be happening. My sister will be going to college next year Dad was working on his car last night. They were cooking pancakes this morning.

Present/Past/Future Progressive Tense

1. He_____________ in Brazil.

a. will be sky gliding

b. was sky glide

c. is sky gliding

d. Is sky glide

Present Progressive Tense

1. The baby ________________ a diaper change very soon.

a. will be needing

b. will be need

c. will needing

d. needing

Future Progressive Tense

3. I ________________ when you called me last night.

a. was showered

b. will be showering

c. will shower

d. was showering

Past Progressive Tense