Verb Tenses

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.

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

The past tense indicates that an action has already happened.

'walked' is an example of a verb in the past tense.

The present tense indicates that an action is happening right now.

'walk' is an example of a verb in the present tense.

The future tense indicates that an action will happen later.

'will walk' is an example of a verb in the future tense.

For regular verbs, you usually add '-ed' to the base form (e.g., 'play' becomes 'played').

The present tense is usually the base form of the verb (e.g., 'play'). For third person singular, add '-s' (e.g., 'plays').