ASL Tenses | Past, Present, Future

This video tutorial teaches how to sign tenses in American Sign Language (ASL) using a body timeline concept. It covers past, present, and future tense signs, explaining how to position them relative to the body to indicate time. The tutorial also demonstrates how to incorporate numbers with time signs for specific time expressions. The video emphasizes the ASL sentence structure of time, topic, and comment, showing how to construct sentences with different tenses.

In ASL, where are signs for the future typically positioned relative to the body?

• To the right of the body

• Behind the body

• In front of the body

• To the left of the body

Which hand shape is used to indicate something that 'just happened' in ASL?

• L-shaped hand

• A-shaped hand

• X-shaped hand

• Five hand

How is the concept of 'yesterday' signed in ASL?

• Five hand moving in a circle

• X-shaped hand moving forward

• A-shaped hand moving from chin to jaw

• L-shaped hand flicking forward

What is the structure of an ASL sentence?

• Time, topic, comment

• Topic, comment, time

• Subject, verb, object

• Object, subject, verb

In ASL, if no time is indicated in a sentence, what tense is assumed?

• Past tense

• Present tense

• Conditional tense

• Future tense

Which hand shape is used to sign 'today' in ASL?

• Y-shaped hands flipped upside down

• Five hand

• A-shaped hand

• X-shaped hand

How is the sign for 'week' performed in ASL?

• Moving an X-shaped hand forward

• Flicking forward with an L hand

• Circular motion with a five hand

• Drawing a line across a calendar

What is the difference between the signs for 'future' and 'will' in ASL?

• 'Future' is a shorter distance than 'will'

• 'Will' is a shorter distance than 'future'

• Both are the same distance

• They use different hand shapes

How do you sign 'in two weeks' in ASL?

• Use the number two and move it forward

• Use the number two and move it in a circle

• Use the number two and move it backward

• Use the number two and move it to the side

How is 'next year' signed in ASL?

• Sign 'year' and move the hand forward

• Sign 'year' and move the hand in a circle

• Sign 'year' and move the hand backward

• Sign 'year' and move the hand to the side