Verb Tense Past, Present, 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 now. For example, 'I walk 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 verb in the past tense.

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An example is 'ran' as in 'She ran to the park.'

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Give an example of a verb in the present tense.

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An example is 'runs' as in 'He runs every morning.'

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Give an example of a verb in the future tense.

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An example is 'will run' as in 'They will run in the race.'

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What is a regular verb?

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A regular verb is a verb that follows a standard pattern when changing tenses, usually adding -ed for the past tense, like 'play' to 'played.'

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What is an irregular verb?

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An irregular verb does not follow standard patterns when changing tenses, like 'go' to 'went.'

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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, like 'talk' becomes 'talked.'

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How do you form the future tense?

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You form the future tense by using 'will' plus the base form of the verb, like 'will eat.'