Verb Tenses

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Verb Tenses
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Verb Tenses

• The principal parts of verbs are the present,
  present participle, past, past participle, and
  future.

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Verb Tenses

• The tense of a verb indicates the time of the
  action or state of being expressed by the verb.

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Present Tense

• Present Tense indicates an action in the present.
• Examples
• Now the class begins.
• She walks to class.

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Present Participle

• Participles are used with a helping verb in front
  (am, is, are, was, were)
• The present participle is usually formed by
  adding ing to the present form.
• Jumping, walking
• Most verbs that end in e drop the e before
  adding the ing.
• Hope ? Hoping
• Some verbs double the final consonant before
  adding ing.
• Hug ? Hugging

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Past

• The past tense indicates an action that occurred
  in the past.
• The past tense is usually formed by adding d or
  ed to the present form.
• Example We wanted to see the show.

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Past Participles

• Participles are formed with a helping verb in
  front of it (have, had, has)
• Past participles can be used an adjective or
  modifier.
• The past participle of regular verbs is formed by
  adding d or ed to the present form.
• Example Since the dishes were washed, we left
  the kitchen.

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Practice

• Page 221 Exercise 1

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Future

• The future tense indicates an action in the
  future.
• In the future tense the word will is used with
  the verb. Sometimes shall is used when the
  pronoun I or we is the subject.
• Examples
• He will go to school tomorrow.
• Susan will cook spaghetti tonight.

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Irregular Verbs

• An irregular verb forms its past and past
  participle some other way than adding d or ed
  to the end of the verb.
• There are many irregular verbs (about 250).

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Common Irregular Verbs

• Finish the table in your notes by using the chart
  in your textbook. (Page 223-226)

Present Present Participle Past Past Participle
Be Is Was, were been
Drink Drinking Drank Drunk
Eat Eating Ate Eaten
See Seeing Saw Seen
Swim Swimming Swam Swum
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Practice

• Page 224 Exercise 2
• Page 227 Exercise 3

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Verb Tense

• The tense of a verb tells when it is happening.
  (past, present and future)

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IMPORTANT

• Do NOT change needlessly from one tense to
  another. Tenses should remain consistent.
• Example
• Inconsistent When we go to the movies, we bought
  some popcorn.
• Consistent When we go to the movies, we buy some
  popcorn.
• Consistent When we went to the movies, we bought
  some popcorn.

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Practice

• Page 232 Exercise 4

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• Page 228 Review A
• Page 229 Review B

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Sit / Set

• Sit to be seated
• Set to put something somewhere

Base Present Participle Past Past Participle
Sit Sitting Sat (have) sat
Set Setting Set (have) set
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Sit / Set

• Examples (write the sentence and fill in the
  blank with the correct word)
• I am ________ at my desk.
• I have _______ all morning.
• I am ________ my pencil on my desk.
• I have _______ my pencil on my desk.

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Sit / Set

• Examples (write the sentence and fill in the
  blank with the correct word)
• I am sitting at my desk.
• I have sat all morning.
• I am setting my pencil on my desk.
• I have set my pencil on my desk

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Practice

• Page 235 Exercise 6

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Rise / Raise

• Rise to go up
• Raise to lift something up

Base Present Participle Past Past Participle
Rise (is) rising Rose (have) risen
Raise Raising Raised (have) raised
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Rise / Raise

• Examples (write the sentence and fill in the
  blank with the correct word)
• I am ________ from my desk.
• I _______ from my desk.
• I have ______ from my desk.
• I am ________ my hand.
• I have _______ my hand.

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Rise / Raise

• Examples (write the sentence and fill in the
  blank with the correct word)
• I am rising from my desk.
• I rise from my desk.
• I have risen from my desk.
• I am raising my hand.
• I have raised my hand.

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Practice

• Page 236 Exercise 7

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Lie / Lay

• Lie to recline
• Lay to put something down

Base Present Participle Past Past Participle
Lie (is) lying Lay (have) lain
Lay (is) laying Laid (have) laid
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Practice

1. Grandma is (lying, laying) down.
2. I should go (lie, lay) down, too.
3. The silverware is (lying, laying) on the table.
4. I dont know where I (lay, laid) my keys.
5. I should have (lain, laid) them on the table.
6. I should have (lain, laid) down an hour ago.

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Practice

• Page 238 Exercise 8
• Page 239 Review C