verb tenses

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What is a verb tense?

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A verb tense indicates the time of action or state of being expressed by the verb.

Front

What are the three main verb tenses?

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Past, Present, Future.

Front

What is the past tense of 'run'?

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ran.

Front

What is the present tense form of 'to eat'?

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eats.

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What is the future tense form of 'to go'?

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will go.

Front

Identify the tense: 'She is reading a book.'

Back

Present tense.

Front

Identify the tense: 'They will play soccer tomorrow.'

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Future tense.

Front

Identify the tense: 'He walked to the store yesterday.'

Back

Past tense.

Front

What is the present continuous tense?

Back

It describes an action that is currently happening, formed with 'is/am/are' + verb-ing.

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What is the past continuous tense?

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It describes an action that was ongoing in the past, formed with 'was/were' + verb-ing.