Simple 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 simple past tense?

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

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What is the simple present tense?

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The simple present tense describes actions that are happening now or are habitual. For example, 'I walk to school every day.'

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What is the simple future tense?

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

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Fill in the blank: Yesterday, I _______ a book.

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read (past tense of read is read)

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Fill in the blank: Tomorrow, I _______ a book.

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will read (future tense of read is will read)

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What is the past tense of 'to eat'?

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ate

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What is the future tense of 'to play'?

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will play

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Fill in the blank: She _______ to the store every Saturday.

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goes (present tense of go is goes)

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Fill in the blank: They _______ soccer last week.

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played (past tense of play is played)