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Reviewing Verb Tenses

Reviewing Verb Tenses. Verb Tense Review. The Importance of Time.

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Reviewing Verb Tenses

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  1. Reviewing Verb Tenses

  2. Verb Tense Review The Importance of Time Verb tense expresses the time of an event or action. Time and how it is expressed in writing is very important to English readers. The English language has twelve different tenses. In this lesson, we will review only four of them.

  3. Simple Present Expresses a habit or often repeated action. Adverbs of frequency such as often, seldom, sometimes, never, etc. are used with this tense. She goes to work everyday. They alwayseat lunch together.

  4. Grammar structure Auxiliary verb: Do/does • Affirmative • Negative • Interrogative Subject + verb (-s) + complement Subject + do /does NOT + verb + complement Do/does + subject + verb + complement ? • Yes, + subject + do/does • No, + subject + do/does + not

  5. She He It Add “s” to the verb

  6. Examples • Simple present Aff: He runs everyday Neg: He doesn’t run everyday Interrogative: Does he run everyday? • yes, he does. X No, he does not.

  7. Present Continuous This tense is used to describe an action that is occurring right now (at this moment, today, this year, etc.). The action has begun and is still in progress. She is writinga paper for her class. He can’t talk. He is fixingthe sink right now.

  8. Grammar structure Auxiliary verb: To be (am/is/are) • Affirmative • Negative • Interrogative Subject + to be + verb(-ING) + complement Subject + to be + NOT + verb(-ING) + complement To be + subject + verb(-ING) + complement ? • Yes, + subject + am/is/are • No, + subject + am/is/are + not

  9. Examples • Present Continuous Aff: She is reading a book. Neg: She is not reading a book. Interrogative: Is she reading a book? • yes, she is. X No, she is not.

  10. Simple Past We use the simple past to indicate exactly when an action or event took place in the past. I visitedmy sister yesterday. We went out to dinner last night.

  11. Grammar structure Auxiliary verb: Did • Affirmative • Negative • Interrogative Subject + verb (-ed) + complement Subject + did + NOT + verb + complement Did + subject + verb + complement ? • Yes, + subject + did • No, + subject + did + not

  12. Regular verbs Past Tense Add+ed Listen- listened Dance- danced

  13. Examples • Simple past A: They watched T.V yesterday. N: They didn’t watch T.V yesterday. I: Did they watch T.V yesterday? • yes, they did. X No, they did not.

  14. Past Continuous The past progressive is used to talk about an activity that was in progress at a specific point of time in the past. The emphasis is on the duration of the activity in the past. I was studyingfor an exam while my mother was cooking dinner. We were walkingin the park around 7 p.m. last night.

  15. Grammar structure Auxiliary verb: to be (was/were) • Affirmative • Negative • Interrogative Subject + to be + verb(-ING) + complement Subject + to be + NOT + verb(-ING) + complement To be + subject + verb(-ING) + complement ? • Yes, + subject + was / were • No, + subject + was / were + not

  16. Examples • Past Continuous A: We were listening to music for 1 hour. N: We weren’t listening to music for 1 hour I: Were we listening to music for 1 hour? • yes, we were. X No, we were not.

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