1. Verb Tenses
What do verbs show?
Verbs show us the ACTION or state of BEING in a
sentence.
What are the 3 main parts of a verb?
•Present
•Past
•Future
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2. PRESENT TENSE
This form of a verb is used by itself for present
tense or with the helping word WILL to make it
future tense.
Ex. I talk.
Talk is the present tense of the verb. It shows I
talk now.
I will talk tomorrow.
Will talk is the future tense of the verb. It shows
I will talk in the future.
3. PAST TENSE
This form of a verb is written with the -ed ending
to show the action happened in the past.
Ex. I talked yesterday.
Talked shows the action happened in the past. It
is the past tense of the verb to talk.
4. PERFECT TENSES
Now add the word perfect behind each tense:
•Present perfect
•Past perfect
•Future perfect
They are almost like the other three tenses, but
the perfect tenses use a helping verb along with
the main verb.
5. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Let’s look at some examples:
I have talked all morning.
BIG CLUE: Present Perfect Tense Verbs have the
helping verb HAVE or HAS plus a past participle
of a verb.
This shows the present perfect tense.
The action started in the past but is still going on
now or has recently been finished.
6. PAST PERFECT TENSE
I had talked all morning.
BIG CLUE: Past Perfect Tense Verbs have the helping
verb HAD plus a past participle of a verb.
This shows the past perfect tense.
The action started in the past and was finished in the
past.
It’s over!
It’s past!
7. FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
By noon, I will have talked all morning.
BIG CLUE: Future Perfect Tense Verbs have the helping
verb WILL HAVE plus a past participle of a verb.
This shows the future perfect tense.
The action will start soon and continue into the future.
It will stop at a specific time.
8. PRESENT PERFECT TENSES
Let’s look at it again.
If you use the helping verbs Has or Have, you
are using the present perfect tense of the verb.
John has started first grade today.
John started first grade already (in the past) and
is still in first grade.
We have worked on the fence for three days.
We started working on the fence (in the past)
and are still working on it.
9. PAST PERFECT TENSES
Let’s look at it again.
If you use the helping verb Had, you are using
the past perfect tense of the verb. The action
started in the past and was finished in the past.
John had gone to the grocery store.
John went to the grocery store and is not there
anymore.
They had worked on the fence for three days.
They worked on the fence for three days and are
finished.
10. FUTURE PERFECT TENSES
Let’s look at it again.
If you use the helping verb Will Have, you are using the
future perfect tense of the verb. The action will start
soon and continue into the future.
John will have gone to the grocery store this afternoon.
John will go to the grocery store soon. (not yet)
They will have worked on the fence for three days.
They will work on the fence for three days. (not yet)
11. PRACTICE
Decide which is past, present, or future perfect.
The joke had made everyone laugh.
The cat will have run under the car’s tire.
I have jumped over the puddle.
12. PRACTICE
Tell whether the following is past, present, or
future perfect.
1. Daain will have played the piano for Shehroze
all morning.
2. My class had painted our murals.
3. Ahmed Omar will have walked past my house
going to school.
4. Tariq had learned to fish by watching him.
13. 5. You will have jumped off the diving board.
6. The parrot has chirped to tell me a story.
7. Aws and Qusay had skipped the bus stop.
8. Mr. Jimmy’s classes have bounced on the
moon bounce today.
14. NOTES:
Present Perfect Tense Verbs
* HAVE or HAS + past participle.
* The action started in the past but is still going on now
or has recently been finished.
Example: I have talked all morning.
Past Perfect Tense Verbs
* HAD plus a past partriciple.
* The action started in the past and was finished in the
past. It’s over! It’s past!
Example: I had talked all morning.
Future Perfect Tense Verbs
* WILL HAVE plus a past participle.
* The action will start soon and continue into the future.
It will stop at a specific time.
Example: By noon, I will have talked all morning.
15. PRACTICE SECTION, page 127
1. have discovered
2. had established
3. has fallen
4. will have supported
5. has collected
6. had laid
7. will have eaten
8. have lived
9. have eaten
10. will have repeated
16. 11. have just completed
12. had thought
13. has changed
17. APPLY SECTION, page 128
14. have studied
15. had expected
16. had made
17. have examined
18. will have counted
18. REINFORCE SECTION, page 128
19. felt
20. was
21. had reported
22. had expected
23. had been hired
24. was
25. welcomed
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