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 Modals Review A Review B What are the verb tenses? Verbs 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 What are the verb tenses? The tense of a verb indicates the time of the action or state of being expressed by the verb Perfect tenses indicate that something happened or existed before a specific point in time Past Past Past Perfect Present Present Present Perfect Future Future Future Perfect She She Gwen will She has Gwen Gwen have had will played plays played played played playinguitar inthe last violin a inconcert band ten year in before aconcerts jazz for astomorrow well three band then byyears April What are the verb tenses? The tenses of verbs are formed from the four principal parts of verbs Base Form Present Participle Past Past Participle smile choose [is] smil ing [is] choos ing smile d cho se [have] smile d [have] cho sen What are the verb tenses? Each tense has a progressive form, which is used to express continuing action or state of being Present progressive am, are, is talking Past progressive was, were talking Future progressive will (shall) be talking Present perfect progressive has, have been talking Past perfect progressive had been talking Future perfect progressive will (shall) have been talking What are the verb tenses? Present 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 Polly is marching in the parade (Progressive form) What are the verb tenses? Present and present perfect The present tense is also used in these ways: to show a customary or habitual action or state of being We recycle our aluminum cans to express a general truth The sun rises in the east to make historical events seem current (historical present) In 1927, Charles Lindbergh flies nonstop across the Atlantic to discuss a literary work (literary present) In Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck shows us the extremes of life during the depression to express future time We travel to Utah next month What are the verb tenses? Present and present perfect The present perfect tense • expresses an action or a state of being that occurred at an indefinite time in the past • is usually formed using the helping verb have or has plus the past participle Mike has been in several parades He has played the drum in all of them What are the verb tenses? Present and present perfect The present perfect tense is also used to express an action or state of being that began in the past and continues into the present In this case, perfect means complete Mr Lee has taught music at our school since 2004 (Progressive form) Yoko has been taking flute lessons for six years What are the verb tenses? Past and past perfect The past tense expresses an action or a state of being that occurred in the past but did not continue into the present The two friends shared the large swing They were swinging for a long time (Progressive form) ... the verb tenses? Verbs 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 What are the verb tenses? The tense of a verb. .. Section] Consistency of tense Do not change needlessly from one tense to another To describe events that occur at the same time, use verbs in the same tense past tense past tense Sara peeked over... astomorrow well three band then byyears April What are the verb tenses? The tenses of verbs are formed from the four principal parts of verbs Base Form Present Participle Past Past Participle smile