Verb Tenses

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What is a verb tense?

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A verb tense indicates the time of an action or state of being, showing whether it occurs in the past, present, or future.

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What are the three main verb tenses?

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The three main verb tenses are past, present, and future.

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What does the past tense indicate?

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The past tense indicates that an action has already happened.

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What does the present tense indicate?

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The present tense indicates that an action is happening now or is a general truth.

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What does the future tense indicate?

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The future tense indicates that an action will happen later.

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What is the past tense form of 'play'?

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The past tense form of 'play' is 'played'.

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What is the present tense form of 'run'?

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The present tense form of 'run' is 'runs' or 'is running'.

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What is the future tense form of 'eat'?

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The future tense form of 'eat' is 'will eat'.

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How do you form the past tense of regular verbs?

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You typically add '-ed' to the base form of regular verbs to form the past tense.

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What is an example of a sentence in the future tense?

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An example of a future tense sentence is 'I will go to the park tomorrow.'