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Title: Simple Verb Tenses


1
Simple Verb Tenses
  • Unit 3 Verbs
  • Lesson 3

2
Simple Verb Tenses
  • Verb Tense-identifies when something occurs
  • Present Tense-happening now
  • Ex- Franco cooks breakfast.
  • Past Tense-happened before
  • Ex-Franco cooked breakfast yesterday.
  • Future Tense-will happen in the future
  • Ex-Franco will cook dinner tonight.

3
Rules for forming tenses
  • Present Tense
  • To make most verbs singular add s
  • Run-runs
  • Ends with s,x,z,ch or sh add es
  • watch-watches
  • Ends with consonanty,change y to I and add es
    (cry-cries)
  • When subject is plural do not change the form

4
Rules contd
  • Past Tense
  • For most verbs add ed (talk-talked)
  • Short verb ends with consonant, double end
    consonant and add ed (bat-batted)
  • Verb ending in eadd d (hope-hoped)
  • Verb ends with cons. And y change y to I and add
    ed (marry-married)

5
Rules contd
  • Future Tense
  • Add will before the verb (run-will run)
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