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PAST TENSEThe past tense of many verbs is formed by adding ed.Examples: remember + ed = remembered climb + ed = climbed
If a verb ends in e, drop e before adding ed.
If a verb ends in y, change the y to i before adding ed.
If a verb ends in a short vowel followed by a single consonant, double the final consonant. PRESENT TENSEThe present tense verb tells what is happening right now. To form present-tense verbs, use the plain verbs or use is or are before the verb and adding ing to the verb.Examples: We eat. We are eating. He servers. He is serving.
Note: However 'ing' is also used for present, past, and future progressive tense. FUTURE TENSEThe future tense verb tells about things that will happen in the future. To form the future-tense verb, use will/shall before the verb.Examples: We will be eating. Tomorrow we will walk to school. When you use will, you may also have to add a helping verb and the ending ing. Tomorrow we will be walking to school. Directions: Choose proper verb tense for the underlined word to make grammatically correct sentence. Write five example sentences for each of the verb tenses. As homework, read a book or a magazine and find two sentences each in present, past, and future tense. |