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 present tense?

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Present tense describes actions that are happening right now. Example: 'Lyla and Malena are driving to the movie.'

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What is past tense?

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Past tense describes actions that have already happened. Example: 'Evan came over and made a huge mess in my room.'

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What is future tense?

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Future tense describes actions that will happen later. Example: 'Next year Alejandro will be in 4th grade.'

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Identify the tense: 'Ian will do all of his homework tonight.'

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Future tense.

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Identify the tense: 'Sienna will clean her room tomorrow.'

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Future tense.

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Identify the tense: 'Evan came over and made a huge mess in my room.'

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Past tense.

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Identify the tense: 'Lyla and Malena are driving to the movie.'

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Present tense.

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What is the structure of a present tense verb?

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Present tense verbs often use the base form of the verb. For example, 'run' in 'I run every day.'

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What is the structure of a past tense verb?

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Past tense verbs often add -ed to the base form of regular verbs. For example, 'walk' becomes 'walked.'