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Understanding verb tense Understanding verb tense What are the verb tenses? Present and present perfect Past and past perfect Future and future perfect Consistency of tense Review A Review B

Understanding verb tense What are the verb tenses? Present and present perfect Past and past perfect Future and future perfect Consistency of tense Review

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Page 1: Understanding verb tense What are the verb tenses? Present and present perfect Past and past perfect Future and future perfect Consistency of tense Review

Understanding verb tenseUnderstanding verb tenseWhat are the verb tenses?

Present and present perfect

Past and past perfect

Future and future perfect

Consistency of tense

Review A

Review B

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TimelineTimeline• Draw a timeline on page 46 of your

life. List 5-8 events on the time line.– Make sure you list your future

graduation date!

2

Was Born1987

Started School 1991

1st time on Air plane 2001

Started highSchool 2001

GraduatedHigh school 2005

Started Teaching atSJHS 2013

Daughter isBorn 2007

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What are the verb tenses?What are the verb tenses?Verbs do a lot of work in sentences. They show actions and states of being. They even take different forms to show time.

flies

flew will fly

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Verb TenseVerb Tense• The tense of a verb indicates the

time of the action or state of being expressed by the verb

• Draw another time line and label it accordingly

Past Present Future

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Now, label the timeline with the Now, label the timeline with the verbs. Place in them on the correct verbs. Place in them on the correct

spot on the timelinespot on the timeline...

flies

flew will fly

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What are the verb tenses?What are the verb tenses?Present and present perfectPresent and present perfect

The present tense expresses an action or a state of being that is occurring now, at the present time.

Today we honor our veterans.

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What are the verb tenses?What are the verb tenses?Present and present perfectPresent and present perfect

The present perfect tense

• is usually formed using the helping verb have or has plus the past participle

Mike has been in several parades.

He has played the drums in all of them.

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What are the verb tenses?What are the verb tenses?Past and past perfectPast and past perfect

The past tense- action that occurs in the past.

The two friends shared the large swing.

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What are the verb tenses?What are the verb tenses?Past and past perfectPast and past perfect

The past perfect tense

• is usually formed using had plus the past participle

After Maria had gone home, Kim was bored.

She asked her dad about the time that he had been a lifeguard at the beach.

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What are the verb tenses?What are the verb tenses?Future and future perfectFuture and future perfect

The future tense

• is usually formed using will or shall plus the verb

• expresses an action or a state of being that will occur

My family will ride the train to Chicago.

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What are the verb tenses?What are the verb tenses?Future and future perfectFuture and future perfect

The future perfect tense

• is usually formed using will have or shall have plus the past participle

By the time you receive this letter, she will have returned home.

After this trip, he will have been to Chicago three times.

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Change the tense of the verb in each sentence, as indicated in parentheses.

1. I do not miss the bus. (Change to future.)

2. Were they at the party? (Change to past perfect.)

3. By then, Keith had returned. (Change to future perfect.)

4. My sister dances well. (Change to past.)

On Your Own

What are the verb tenses?What are the verb tenses?

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Consistency of tenseConsistency of tenseDo not change needlessly from one tense to another.

To describe events that occur at the same time, use verbs in the same tense.

Sara peeked over the fence and she will see a cornfield.

Sara peeks over the fence and sees a cornfield.

past tense future tense

present tense present tense

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Consistency of tenseConsistency of tense

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On Your Own

Proofread the paragraph for unnecessary changes of verb tense. Change the verbs to make the tenses consistent.

(1) I was in my room Saturday morning, planning to study for two hours. (2) To my surprise, Nancy Chang drops by. (3) She dashed into the house, runs up the stairs, and calls my name. (4) What she wanted was a fishing companion. (5) As I get my fishing gear together, I was so happy. (6) On our way to the lake, we notice some dark clouds. (7) We wished we checked the weather first.

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Review A

Change the tense of each boldface verb to the tense indicated in parentheses.

1. The otter swam to the edge of the pond. (present perfect)

2. The three sisters regularly meet for lunch. (past)

3. Each student chooses a lab partner. (past perfect)4. Wasps were entering the house through the torn screen.

(present)

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Goal ReflectionGoal Reflection• What is verb tense?

• What words indicate you’re in perfect tense?