Verb tense my powerpoints

By Mrs. W. Warren

2004

Or, more than you really Or, more than you really wanted to know about tense, wanted to know about tense, voice, mood, person, and voice, mood, person, and number.number.

Not only do you learn what kind of action or state of being is expressed through verbs, but they also tell you:

•Tense = when the action happens: past, present, or future.

•Person = who or what experiences the action.

•Number = how many people or objects act or receive the action.

•Mood = the attitude expressed toward the action

•Voice = whether the subject does the action or has the action happen to it: active and passive voice.

What is verb tense?

The tenses of verbs are the forms that help show time.

There are six tenses in English:

3 Simple Tenses

present tense

past tense

future tense

3 PerfectTenses

present perfect

past perfect

future perfect

•All verbs have 4 principal All verbs have 4 principal parts and all the six verb parts and all the six verb tenses are made from these tenses are made from these principal parts.principal parts.

•The principal parts are:The principal parts are:

•base formbase form

•present participlepresent participle

•simple past simple past

•past participlepast participle

Principal Parts of Verbs

Verb Verb Tense Tense

Time LineTime LineFuture: action or condition will occur in the future.

Future Perfect : future action or

condition will begin and end before another

starts. Present:

•action or condition exists only now;

•constant, repeated, or habitual action or condition;

•a general truth.Present Perfect:

•action or condition that occurred at an

indefinite past time;

•action began in past and still occurs

now. Past: action or condition was started and completed in the past.

Past Perfect: past action or condition began and ended

before another past action or condition

started.

PerfecPerfect t TenseTensess

Simple Simple TensesTenses

The Three Simple Tenses of Verbs1. Present Tense

•The present tense is the same as the verb’s base form, except for the 3rd-person singular, which adds -s or -es. The exceptions are the verb have (has) and the verb be.

•The present tense expresses a constant, repeated, or habitual action or condition. It can also express a general truth.

•It can also express an action or a condition that exists only now.

•It’s sometimes used in historical writing to express past events and , more often, in poetry, fiction, and journalism to convey to the reader a sense of being there. This usage is sometimes called the historical present tense.

2. Past Tense•The past tense is used to express and action or condition that was started and completed in the past.

•Nearly all regular and irregular verbs (except be) have just one past-tense form. It’s often formed by adding a -d or -ed. 3. Future Tense

•The future tense is used to to express an action or a condition that will occur

in the future.

•You form the future tense of any verb by using the auxiliary verb shall or will with the base form of

the verb.

Verb ConjugationPresent Tense (Base form on chart)

Singular

Plural

I

you

he/she/it

travel

travel

travels

we

you

they

travel

travel

travel

Past Tense (-d or -ed on regular verbs)Singula

rPlural

I

you

he/she/it

we

you

they

traveled

traveled

traveled

traveled

traveled

traveled

FutureTense ( will or shall + base form)

I

you

he/she/it

we

you

they

will travel

will travel

will travel

will travel

will travel

will travel

Singular

Plural

The 3 Perfect Tenses of Verbs

1.Present Perfect•Use the present perfect tense to express an action or condition that occurred at some indefinite time in the past.

•Forms the present perfect tense by using has or have with the past participle of a verb.

•This tense expresses past time . The word present in the name refers to the tense of the auxiliary verb has or have.

•It can refer to completed action in past time only in an indefinite way. Adverbs like yesterday cannot be added to make the time more specific.

•To be specific about completed past time, you would normally use the simple past tense.

•The present perfect tense can also be used to express the idea that an action or a condition began in the past and is still happening.

2. Past Perfect Tense

•The past perfect tense is used to indicate that one past action or condition began and ended before another past action or condition started.

•You form the past perfect tense by using the auxiliary (helping) verb had with the past participle of a verb.

3. Future Perfect Tense

•Use the future perfect tense to express one

future action or condition that will begin and end

before another future event starts.

•Form the future perfect tense by using will have

or shall have with the past participle of a verb.

Verb ConjugationPresent PerfectTense (have/has + past participle)

Singular

Plural

I

you

he/she/it

have traveled

have traveled

has traveled

we

you

they

have traveled

have traveled

have traveled

Past Perfect Tense (had + past participle)

Singular

Plural

I

you

he/she/it

we

you

they

had traveled

had traveled

had traveled

had traveled

had traveled

had traveled

Future PerfectTense ( will or shall + have + past participle)

I

you

he/she/it

we

you

they

will have traveled

will have traveled

will have traveled

*This means the tense of the helping verb

will have traveled

will have traveled

will have traveled

Singular

Plural

Emphatic Forms (not a verb tense)The simple present tense and the simple past tense each have an additional form called the emphatic form.

The emphatic forms add special emphasis or force to the verb.

You form the present emphatic by adding do or does to the base form.

You form the past emphatic by adding did to the base form of the verb.

Progressive Form (not a verb tense)This verb form is used to show that an event is in progress.

Progressive forms end with - ing.

They are formed by using the appropriate tense of the verb be with the present participle.

How to form Progressives

Present Progressive: am, is, or are + -ing form

Ex: I am traveling we are traveling

you are traveling you are traveling

he/she is traveling they are traveling

Past Progressive: was/were + -ing form

Ex: I was traveling we were traveling

you were traveling you were traveling

he/she was traveling they were travelingFuture Progressive: will/shall + be + -ing form

Ex: I will be traveling

Present Perfect Progressive: has/have + been + -ing form

Ex: I have been traveling

Past Perfect Progressive: had + been + -ing form

Ex: He had been traveling

**Future Perfect Progressive: will/shall + have + been+ -ing form.

Ex: I will have been traveling

Comparing the Comparing the Present Tenses (& Present Tenses (& forms)forms)

Shows an action or a condition that is continuously true.

Shows an action that is in progress now.

Shows an action or a condition that began in the past and continues into the present.

Shows an action that began in the past and is still in progress.

Comparing the Comparing the Past Tenses (& Past Tenses (& forms)forms)

Shows actions that were completed in the past.

Shows actions that continued over time in the past.

Shows an action in the past that came before other actions in the past.

Shows an action that was in progress in the past when another action happened.

Comparing the Future Tenses (and forms)

Shows a condition that will occur in the future.

Shows an action that will be in progress in the future.

Shows an action in the future that will occur before another action.

Shows an action in progress in the future when another action will happen.

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