Transcript Verb Tense

Verb Tense
TITLE of Booklet
6 Types
Verb Tenses
Present
Past
Future
Present
Perfect
Past
Perfect
Future
Perfect
Present Tense (Tab 2)
Present tense may express
action which is going on at the
present time or which occurs
always, repeatedly, or habitually.
 Example:
He eats cereal for breakfast
every day.
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Past Tense (Tab 3)
Past tense expresses action
completed at a definite time in
the past.
 Examples:
1. He wrote the letter yesterday.
2. She lived to be 90 years old.
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Future Tense (Tab 4)
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Future tense expresses action
which will take place in the
future.
It uses the helping verbs will or
shall* and the present tense
form of the verb).
Examples: He will send the
letter tomorrow. I shall wait here
until you return.
Present Perfect Tense (Tab 5)
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Present perfect tense expresses action
completed at the present time (perfect
means complete) or begun in the past and
continuing into the present.
This tense uses the helping verbs has and
have and the past participle of the verb.
Examples:
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He has written a letter to his uncle. (completed
action)
The Waltons have lived here for seven years.
(continuing)
Past Perfect Tense (Tab 6)
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Past perfect tense expresses
action completed before certain
time in the past. (This is the
before-past tense.)
It uses the helping verb had and
the past participle of the verb.
Example: She had written the
letter before I saw her.
Future Perfect Tense (Tab 7)
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Future perfect tense expresses
action which will be completed
before a certain time in the
future. (This is the before-future
tense)
It uses the helping verbs will
have or shall have and the past
participle of the verb.
Example: He will have finished
the paper before next Friday.