Verb Tense Review

Verb Tense Review

Simple Present/Past, Present/Past Progressive, & Future

Simple Present

• Used for every day, habitual events

• Used for facts, information that is generally true

• Add -s or -es for she/he/it (she walk+s / it fli-es)

• do/does, have/has, is/are

• Negative form = do/does + not + base form verb ("she does not walk" or she doesn't walk")

Simple Present: Questions

• Questions = do/does + subject + base form verb (do you surf?)

• 'Be' Questions = is/are + subject + base form verb (Is she nice?)

• Wh Questions = wh word + do/does/is/are + base form verb (When do you wake up?)

Open Ended

Write a sentence using simple present tense to show a habitual activity that you do or to show a fact about yourself.

Open Ended

Write a quetion using the following words. Your question should be in the simple present tense and use the correct auxiliary verb (do/does, is/are).

she / study / at / Oregon State University / ?

Simple Past

• Used for events from yesterday, last week, last month, etc.; any point in the past

• Used for events actions that ended in a specific time in the past (no longer true or occuring)

• Past verbs can be regular and irregular

• Regular past verbs finish in "-ed" (jump-jumped)

• Irregular past verbs don't follow that rule (eat / ate; teach / taught)

• Negative Form = did + not + base verb form (she did not come)

Simple Past: Questions

• Questions = did + subject + base form verb (did you surf as a child?)

• 'Be' Questions = was/were + subject + base form verb (Was she nice as a teenager?)

• Wh Questions = wh word + did/was/were + base form verb (When did you wake up?)

Open Ended

Write a sentence using simple past tense to show an action/event you experienced in the past.

Open Ended

Write a quetion using the following words. Your question should be in the simple past tense and use the correct auxiliary verb (did, was/were).

she / study / at / Oregon State University / last year?

Present Progressive (Continuous)

• Used for actions that are happening right now, at this moment

• Some verbs cannot be progressive because they are not active ("she believes" NOT "she is believing")

• Add present be verb + -ing ("She is walking")

• Negative form = is/are/do/does + not = base form verb (She is not walking)

Present Progressive: Questions

• 'Be' Questions = is/are + subject + -ing (Are you going to school?)

• Wh Questions = wh word + is/are + -ing (What is he doing right now?)

Open Ended

Write a present progressive sentence with the following words:

I/ carefully / review / the / different / verb tenses / right now.

Open Ended

Write a quetion using the following words. Your question should be in the present progressive tense and use the correct auxiliary verb (is/are).

she / study / in / the / library / right now?

Past Progressive (Continuous)

• Used for actions that were in action for a period of time in the past

• Theses actions started, continued, and finished in the past

• Add past be verb + -ing ("She was walking")

• Negative form = was / were + not + -ing (She was not walking)

Past Progressive: Questions

• 'Be' Questions = was/were + subject + -ing (Was he traveling last year?)

• Wh Questions = wh word + was/were + -ing (What were you doing last year?)

Open Ended

Write a past progressive sentence by completing the following sentence:

Before I came to this lesson, I...

Open Ended

Write a quetion using the following words. Your question should be in the past progressive tense and use the correct auxiliary verb (was/were).

she / study / in / the / library / yesterday?

Future

• Used for actions that have not happened yet, but will happen tomorrow, next week, next year etc.

• Add will + base form verb ("He will go to school soon")

• Add am/is/are + going to + base form verb ("We are going to go to school soon")

• Negative form 1 = will + not + base form verb (he will not work)

• Negative form 2 = is/are + not + going to + base form verb (he is not going to work tomorrow)

Future: Questions

• 'Yes/No' Questions = will + subject + base form verb (Will he travel to Korea next year?)

• Wh Questions = wh word + will + base form verb (When will he travel to Korea?)

• Be going to Questions = is/are + subject + going to + base form verb (Are you going to travel to Korea?)

Open Ended

Write a future tense sentence by completing the following sentence:

Next year, I...

Open Ended

Write a quetion using the following words. Your question should be in the future tense and use the correct auxiliary verb (will / be going to).

she / study / in / the / library / tomorrow?