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, 'baked' in 'My mom baked a pumpkin pie.'

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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, 'is barking' in 'The dog is barking at the mailman.'

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What is the future tense?

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The future tense describes actions that will happen later. For example, 'will bake' in 'My mom will bake a pie tomorrow.'

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Identify the tense: 'He kicked the ball over the fence yesterday.'

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Past tense.

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Identify the tense: 'I am reading a book.'

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Present tense.

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Identify the tense: 'They will play soccer next week.'

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Future tense.

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What is an example of a regular verb in the past tense?

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'Walked' is the past tense of 'walk.'

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What is an example of an irregular verb in the past tense?

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'Ate' is the past tense of 'eat.'

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How do you form the past tense of regular verbs?

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