Choosing the Right Tense for Your Writing

The video tutorial covers the concept of verb tenses, including present, past, and future tenses. It explains how to identify these tenses using keywords and provides examples of sentences in each tense. The tutorial includes practice exercises for identifying and correcting verb tenses in sentences and a journal entry. The lesson emphasizes the importance of using the correct verb tense to convey when actions occur, making writing clearer and more understandable.

What does the tense of a verb indicate?

• The time when the action occurs

• The mood of the sentence

• The subject of the sentence

• The place where the action occurs

Which keyword is commonly used to indicate future tense?

• Yesterday

• Every day

• Last summer

• Tomorrow

In the sentence 'She swims in the pool,' what tense is the verb 'swims'?

• Conditional tense

• Present tense

• Past tense

• Future tense

What is the correct present tense form of the verb 'play' for 'he'?

• Will play

• Plays

• Play

• Played

Which verb form is used in the sentence 'We will ride bicycles'?

• Present continuous tense

• Future tense

• Present tense

• Past tense

In the sentence 'Yesterday, it rained,' what indicates the past tense?

• The word 'rained'

• The word 'it'

• The word 'yesterday'

• The word 'and'

How should the verb 'go' be revised to indicate future tense?

• Going

• Went

• Goes

• Will go

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

• Plays

• Played

• Will play

• Play

What is the purpose of using the correct verb tense in writing?

• To use more complex words

• To show the reader when an action happens

• To make the writing longer

• To confuse the reader

What should you do after revising your writing for correct verb tense?

• Add more verbs

• Ensure clarity for the reader

• Share it without checking

• Ignore it