Verb Tenses

VERB TENSES

Verbs come in three tenses: past, present, and future.

Simple

verb tense

Perfect progressive verb tense

Perfect

verb tense

Continuous

verb tense

PAST TENSES

​Simple Past

​Affirmative	​Subject + verb (past tense)	​I ate cake yesterday
​Negative	​Subject + didn´t (didnot) + verb + complement	​I didn't eat cake yesterday
​Interrogative	​Did + subject +  verb +  complement	​Did I eat cake yesterday?

Multiple Choice

1. He ______ not ______ a letter. (not write)

2. ______ we _____ the sum? (solve)

3. We _____ tribute to our national poet. (pay)

• 1. did not write

  2. Did we solve?

  3. Paid tribute.

• 1. don't write

  2. Did we solved

  3. Pay

• 1. did not wrote

  2. Do we solve

  3. paided

• 1. write not

  2. we did solve

  3. did paid

PAST TENSES

​Past Continuous

​Affirmative	​Subject + was/were + Verb(+ing)	​He was reading the book.
​Negative	Subject + was/were +not+ Verb(+ing)	​He was not reading the book.
​Interrogative	​Was/were + Subject + Verb(+ing)	​Was he reading the book?

The naughty boy ________ the old man (tease)

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He ________ an interesting story (write)

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They ________ the agreement (sign) (Negative)

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PAST TENSES

​Past Perfect

​Affirmative	​Subject + had + Verb (pp)	​I had finished my homework
​Negative	Subject + had + not + Verb (pp)	​I had not finished my homework
​Interrogative	​Had + subject + Verb (pp)	​Had I finished my homework?

Multiple Choice

1. She _______ the marathon. (win)

2. He _______ all his money. (spend)

3. The queen _______ the golden crown. (wear)

• 1. has won

  2. hadn't spend.

  3. had wearn.

• 1. had win

  2. had spend.

  3. has worn.

• 1. had won

  2. had spent.

  3. had worn.

• 1. have won

  2. had spended.

  3. wear had.

PAST TENSES

​Past Perfect Continuous

​Affirmative	​Subject + had + been + Base form(+ing) + object + time reference	​The child had been studying since morning.
​Negative	Subject + had + not + been + Base form(+ing) + object + TR	The child had not been studying since morning
​Interrogative	​Had + subject+ been + Base form(+ing) + object + T.R. +?	​Had the child been studying since morning?

Signal Words: for / for ______ / All day / since______

1. He (not, bath) in the rain since morning.

2. He (write) an interesting essay.

3. I (take) the dose of medicine for two days.

PRACTICE

PRESENT TENSES

​Simple Present

​Affirmative	​Subject + Base Form + ’s’ or ‘es’	​They eat apples daily.
​Negative	Subject + do not / does not + base form.	They do not eat apples daily.
​Interrogative	​Do / Does + subject + base form + ?	​Do they eat apples daily?

​​Write a sentence

​​Write a sentence

​​Write a sentence

PRESENT TENSES

​Present Continuous

​Affirmative	​Subject + is/am/are + verb(-ing) form	​She is going to the hill station
​Negative	Subject + is/am/are + not + verb (-ing) form	She is not going to the hill station.
​Interrogative	Is/am/are + Subject + verb (-ing) form + ?	​Is she going to the hill station.

Signal Words: at the moment / just now / right now

Multiple Choice

1. _____ he ___________ the flowers? (pluck)

2. Jami __________ with the guitar. (play)

3. Anu _________ the flour. (knead)

• 1. Is___ plucking

  2. is playing

  3. is kneading

• 1. are___ plucking

  2. is played

  3. is knead

PRESENT TENSES

​Present Perfect

​Affirmative	​Subject + has/have + Past participle	Julia has made a sponge cake.
​Negative	Subject + has/have + not + Past participle	Julia has not made a sponge cake.
​Interrogative	Has/have + subject + Past participle + ?	​Has Julia made a sponge cake?

1. The doctor _________ the pulse of the patient. (feel)

2. Jamid ________ on a foreign tour. (go)

3. He _____ not ________ the birds. (shoot)

PRACTICE

PRESENT TENSES

​Present Perfect Continuous

​Affirmative	​Subject + has/have + been + V(+ing)	​She has been kneading the floor.
​Negative	Subject + has/have + not + been + V(+ing)	She has not been kneading the floor.
​Interrogative	Has/have + subject + been + V(+ing) + ?	​Has she been kneading the floor?

Signal Words: for two hours / for / how long / since morning / since

1. The children (watch) the TV all day long.

2. John (smoke) for five years.

3. The mechanic (fix) my bike since morning.

PRACTICE​

FUTURE TENSES

​Simple Future

​Affirmative	Subject + will + Base form + object	​They will attend the meeting tomorrow.
​Negative	Subject + will + not + Base form + object	They will not attend the meeting tomorrow.
​Interrogative	Will + subject + Base form + object + ?	​Will they attend the meeting tomorrow?

​​Write a sentence

​​Write a sentence

​​Write a sentence

FUTURE TENSES

​Future Continuous

​Affirmative	Subject + will be+ v(-ing) form	​She will be learning French.
​Negative	Subject + will + not + be+ v (-ing) form	She will not be learning French.
​Interrogative	Will + subject + be+ v (-ing) form +?	​Will she be learning French?

1. He will be enjoy the holidays in December.

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2. She is going to be going to the market tomorrow.

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3. The children will be learning lessons in the classroom.

​​PRACTICE (right or wrong)

FUTURE TENSES

​Future Perfect

​Affirmative	Subject + will + have+ Past participle	​She will have locked the door.
​Negative	Subject + will + not + have+ Past participle	He will not have locked the door.
​Interrogative	Will + subject + have+ past participle +?	Will he have locked the door?

Signal Words: by next year / by the end of next month

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​PRACTICE (make sentences)

FUTURE TENSES

​Future Perfect Continuous

Signal Words: for the last two days / all day long / for the last three hours

​Affirmative	​Subject + will have been + v (-ing) form + time reference	​It will have been raining all day long.
​Negative	​Subject + will + not + have been + v (-ing) form + time reference	​It will not have been raining all day long.
​​Interrogative	​Will + subject + have been + v (-ing) form + time reference	​Will it have been raining all day long?

1. She will have been performing duties since 2017.

2. I will have being traveling around the world for five years.

3. Peter will has been solved the equation for two hours.

​PRACTICE (right or wrong)