Transcript Verb Tenses

Verb Tenses
The tense of verbs – doing or being words – tell us when
things happen:
Things that happened
yesterday are in the
past tense:
I was
reveal
Things that happen
today are in the
present tense:
I am
reveal
Things that happen
tomorrow are in the
future tense:
I will be
reveal
Verb Tenses
The man ………………….. away yesterday.
ran
runsX
Which word in the main
sentence tells you when the
man was running?
will runX
reveal
yesterday
This ‘trigger word’ helps
you choose the tense of
the verb.
Verb Tenses
ran
The man …………………..
away yesterday.
runs
will run
Verb Tenses
Let’s
reveal
jump
on the trampoline!
jump or jumped?
What’s the ‘trigger’? Which word or
words tell you when the jumping
happened?
Let’s (let us) = happening now.
reveal
NOT
‘jamp’
Verb Tenses
I
reveal
found
the buried treasure last week!
Look for the trigger word(s).
When was the treasure discovered?
found / find / will find ?
Look for the trigger words!
Verb Tenses
When the event takes
place will tell you which
tense to choose.
We reveal
will go
the beach
tomorrow!
to
went / go / will go ?
Verb Tenses
To work out which tense of
the verb you need, ask
yourself, ‘When is this event
taking place?’