Past, Present, and Future Tenses

​Grammar Lesson 3-1

​Past, Present, and Future Tenses

​What is the tense of a verb???

• ​tells when something is happening

• ​simple forms are past, present and future

Present Tense . . .

• ​shows action that happens now

• most singular verbs end with -s or -es

• ​most plural verbs DO NOT end in -s or -es

​Present Tense . . .

• ​Ken walks to school everyday.

• ​The twins wait for their friends.

• ​She talks too much.

• ​Dylan and Luis throw the ball.

​Past Tense . . .

• ​shows action that has already happened.

• ​most verbs end in -ed

• ​verbs ending in e, drop the e before adding -ed (liked, loved)

• ​verbs ending in a consonant and y, change the y to i and add -ed (hurried, carried)

• ​one-syllable verbs that end in one vowel followed by a consonant, double the consonant and add -ed (stopped, napped)

​Past Tense

• ​Jesse walked to school yesterday.

• He talked during the movie.

• ​Maria liked the movie.

• ​The children carried their book bags home.

• ​The baby napped during the movie.

​Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense . . .

​Future Tense . . .

• ​shows action that will happen

• ​add will or shall to most verbs

​Future Tense

• ​The machine will move forever without slowing.

• ​We will watch a movie on Friday.

• ​Her grandparents will visit next month.

​Now Let's Practice!

Multiple Choice

Everyone wants a good idea for the science fair.

• past

• present

• future

Multiple Choice

The committee will give a trophy to the best project.

• past

• present

• future

Multiple Choice

Effie competed for the prize last year.

• past

• present

• future

Multiple Choice

Her project is clever.

• past

• present

• future

Multiple Choice

Her project received second prize.

• past

• present

• future

Multiple Choice

The bell will ring when you fall asleep.

• past

• present

• future

Multiple Choice

Papa tried the machine on me.

• past

• present

• future