Verb Tenses

1. Verb Tenses Tenses: Tell us when events happen Events can happen in the Present Past Future

2. essential Questions 1. How can I conjugate verbs in English to express the present, past and future? CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1e Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future (e.g., Yesterday I walked home; Today I walk home; Tomorrow I will walk home). 2. How can I apply present, past and future tenses to my reading, writing, listening and speaking skills to increase my understanding of the English language? CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. 3. Can I change tenses from present to past or past to future using fiction or nonfiction text? CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

3. Think of Verb Tenses Like a Timeline! • Key Academic Vocabulary: • Infinitive – to + the original form of the verb • (to walk, to talk, to be) • 2) Tense – shows the time when an action or condition occurred ( I walk, I walked, I will walk) • 3) Conjugate - to list the different forms of a verb showing number, person, and tense

4. The Present : Conjugated Verb to be + main verb + ing This is when an event is actually happening NOW. I walk across to buy some sweets from the shop. I walk across ……. I shout to my brother in the playground. We arepreparing for our test.

5. Spelling Rules for Present Tense Verbs All other verbs, simply add – s! http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pres1.htm

6. The Present Continuous Tense - The ING Form Of The Verbs 1. Usually we add ing work working stand standing learn learning 2. When the verb ends in an e, we drop the e and add ing come coming have having write writing 3. If a one syllable (with only one vowel sound) verb ends in one consonant (for example p, t, r) that follows one vowel (for example a, o, e), we double the consonant.
 swim swimming get getting stop stopping 4. Some verbs have irregular ing form
 lie lying die dying travel . travelling Am. traveling

7. The Past: add –ed to the infinitive Irregular Verbs (sit/sat, go/went, is/was/were) This is when an event has already happened. Forming the simple past tense/Spelling Rules With most verbs, the simple past is created simply by adding -ED. However, with some verbs, you only need to add -D or change the ending a little. Here are the rules: 1. Verb ending in… e Add -D Example: live lived date dated 2. Consonant + y Change y to i, then add –ED Example:: try tried cry cried 3. One vowel + one consonant (but NOT w or y) Double the consonant, then add -ED tap tapped commit committed 4. Any other consonant Add -ED boil boiled fill filled hand handed show showed

9. Quick Self-Assessment: Action or Linking? Present or Past? I walked across to buy some sweets from the shop. I shouted to my brother in the playground. I was at the school on Friday for the basketball game. http://www.k12reader.com/verbs/verb_tense_stories.pdf

10. The Future: will + verb (will walk) to be + going to + verb This is when an event has not taken place yet, but will take place in the future. I am going to walk across the street to buy some candy from the store. I will shout to my brother on the playground. I will run to the park with my dog.

11. Future Progressive Examples: In another five hours we will be in a landing-craft racing towards the coast. I wonder where I will be and what I willbedoingthis time tomorrow. Tomorrow at this time, I will be taking my English langauge exam. Will you be coming to the party tonight?

12. Perfect Tenses The three perfect tenses in English are the three verb tenses which show action already completed. (The word perfect literally means "made complete" or "completely done.") They are formed by the appropriate tense of the verb to have plus the past participle of the verb. Present Perfect: I have seen it. (have + PP) (Present tense of to have plus participle. Action is completed with respect to the present.) Past Perfect: I had seen it. (had + PP) (Past tense of to have plus participle. Action is completed with respect to the past.) Future Perfect: I will have seen it. (will have + PP)
(Future tense of to have plus participle. Action is completed with respect to the future.) http://www.rudolphacademy.com/quizzes-online/language-arts-quizzes/grammar-quizzes-online/verb-quizzes/perfect-tenses-quiz/

13. Show What You Know! Read each sentence aloud and identify the verb tense. Clues you used? Then, alter the conjugation to another tense! Past 1. We went for a walk. Future 2. George will attend school today. 3. CMS beat SFMS 45 to 32 last week at the basketball game. Past

14. Now, It’s Your Turn! Future 4. Lucy will be driving me to school today. 5. I am smelling the cake cooking in the kitchen. Present 6. Ana traveled to Mexico last summer. Past

15. Can you alter the following sentences from the present to past, and then to future tense? I like traveling to Manchester with my mom. I liked traveling to Manchester with my Mom. PAST I will like traveling to Manchester with my Mom. FUTURE

16. I will laugh at the clown in the circus. Future to Present then to past? I am laughing at the clown in the circus. PRESENT I laughed at the clown in the circus. PAST I swam in the pool on Wednesday. I am swimming in the pool on Wednesday. PRESENT I will swim in the pool on Wednesday. FUTURE

17. Applying Verb Tenses to Text Select a passage (fiction or nonfiction) and alter/change the tense of the verbs.

18. Assess Yourself! Skill: Identifying & Altering Verbs Tenses within a Text Am I a Novice, Apprentice, Practitioner, Expert?