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Verb Tense

Verb Tense. Simple and Perfect Tenses. Present Tense. Present tense expresses an unchanging, repeated, or reoccurring action or situation that exists only now. Meaning Example Unchanging Action The mountains are tall and white.

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Verb Tense

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  1. Verb Tense Simple and Perfect Tenses

  2. Present Tense Present tense expresses an unchanging, repeated, or reoccurring action or situation that exists only now. Meaning Example Unchanging Action The mountains are tall and white. Recurring action Every year, the school council elects new members. Widespread truth Pb is the chemical symbol for lead.

  3. Past Tense Past tense expresses an action or situation that was started and finished in the past. Most past tense verbs end in –ed. The irregular verbs have special past tense forms which YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW. Form Example Regular –ed past W.W. II ended in 1945. Irregular form Ernest Hemmingway wrote “The Old Man and the Sea.”

  4. Future Tense Future tense expresses an action or situation that will occur in the future. This tense is formed by using will/shall with the simple form of the verb. The speaker of the House will finish her term in May of 2013. The future tense can also be expressed by using am, is, or are with going to. The surgeon is going to perform the first bypass in Minnesota.

  5. We can also use the present tense form with an adverb or adverbial phrase to show future time. The president speaks tomorrow. (Tomorrow is a future time adverb.) Now, let’s reinforce the simple tenses!!! Work quietly on the handouts…

  6. Perfect TensesPresent Perfect Two rules for present perfect tense: This tense is formed using have or has and the past participle –ed or irregular form. • Indefinite timing- we don’t know when it happens. Example: The researchers have traveled to many countries in order to collect more significant data. • Starts in the past and continues into the present. Example: Women have voted in presidential elections since 1921.

  7. Past Perfect Tense Past perfect tense describes an action that took place in the past before another past action. Tense is formed by using had with the past participle of the verb. Example: By the time the troops arrived, the war had ended.

  8. Future Perfect Tense Future perfect tense describes an action that will occur in the future before some other action. Uses the verbs shall have or will have and the past participle. Example: By the time the troops arrive, the combat group will have spent several weeks waiting.

  9. Copy the timeline from the board into your notes… IT WILL HELP!!!

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