Verb Tenses

What is a verb?

• A word that describes an action.

• A type of noun.

• A word that describes a place.

• A word that connects clauses.

What is the future tense of the verb 'eat'?

• Eat

• Eating

• Will eat

• Was eating

What is the past tense of the verb 'jump'?

• Jumping

• Jumped

• Jumps

• Jumpt

How many verb tenses are there?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 10

What is the past tense of the verb 'play'?

• Playd

• Played

• Playeded

• Played

Give an example of a sentence in future tense.

• I will play soccer tomorrow.

• I played soccer yesterday.

• I am playing soccer now.

• I have played soccer before.

What is the difference between past and present tense?

• Past tense describes actions that are currently happening; present tense describes actions that have already happened.

• Past tense describes actions that have already happened; present tense describes actions happening now.

• Past tense describes actions that will happen in the future; present tense describes actions that are currently happening.

• Past tense and present tense are the same; they both describe actions that are happening now.

Give an example of a sentence in past tense.

• I play soccer every day.

• I played soccer yesterday.

• I will play soccer tomorrow.

• I am playing soccer now.

What is present tense?

• It describes actions happening now.

• It describes actions that happened in the past.

• It describes actions that will happen in the future.

• It describes actions that are hypothetical.

Give an example of a sentence in present tense.

• I am playing soccer now.

• I played soccer yesterday.

• I will play soccer tomorrow.

• I was playing soccer last week.