Past, Present, Future Verb Tenses

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What is a verb tense?

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A verb tense shows the time of an action or state of being. It tells us if something happened in the past, is happening now, or will happen in the future.

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What is the past tense?

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The past tense describes actions that have already happened. For example, 'I walked to school.'

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What is the present tense?

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The present tense describes actions that are happening right now. For example, 'I am walking to school.'

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What is the future tense?

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The future tense describes actions that will happen later. For example, 'I will walk to school.'

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Give an example of a sentence in the past tense.

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'She played soccer yesterday.'

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Give an example of a sentence in the present tense.

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'He is reading a book.'

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Give an example of a sentence in the future tense.

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'They will go to the park tomorrow.'

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How do you form the past tense of regular verbs?

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You usually add '-ed' to the base form of the verb. For example, 'play' becomes 'played.'

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How do you form the present tense of verbs?

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For most verbs, you use the base form. For example, 'I eat.' For he/she/it, you often add '-s' or '-es.' For example, 'He eats.'

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How do you form the future tense?

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You use 'will' followed by the base form of the verb. For example, 'I will eat.'