3. PRESENT TENSE * Present tense—action of the verb is happening now. Ex: She talks now. Ex: They speak well.
4. Past Tense - Action of the verb has already * To make a verb past tense, add —ed if it is a regular verb. * Ex: She talked yesterday. Irregular verb—use past from the chart Ex: They spoke well.
5. FUTURE TENSE ° The action of the verb has not happened yet, but it will. * To make a verb future tense, add will or shall to the front of the verb. Ex: She will talk tomorrow. ° Ex: They will speak well.
6. PROGESSIVE TENSES » Made up of a verb phrase * Main verb uses—ing at the end of ALL progressive tenses.
7. PRESENI!T PROGRESSIVE - TENSE. is used to describe an action that rT} ange We now a this on bet still in progress. * Uses the helping verbs am, is, and are ° Am is used with the subject | * Ex: lam talking to you. * Is will be used if your subject is singular. ° Ex: She is talking to you. ° Are is used if your subject is pluralg * Ex: They are talking tosyour
8. PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE The past progressive is used to talk about an activity that was in progress at a specific point of time in the past. The emphasis is on the duration of the activity in the past. ° Uses the helping verbs was and were ° Use was if your subject is singular. ° Ex: He was talking to you. ° Use were if your subject is plural. ° Ex: They were talking to you.
9. PERFECT TENSES * Is made up of a verb phrase * Add —ed to the end of the main verb if the action verb is a regular verb. » Use perfect tense chart if verb is > Uses helping verbs have, has, or had BEFORE the main verb.
10. PRESENT PERFECT ars SE... perfect is used to talk about an event that began in the past and continues up to the present. * Use has if a ri rr} a re * Ex: They have talked to you already. * Ex with irregular verb: She has known you for a while.
11. PAST PERFECT TENSE * This tense describes completed events that took place in the past before another ey Cm \V(-1 1m * Uses the helping verb had plus the main verb with —ed on the end if it is a regular * Example: She had talked to you before — ordered the on about the ey
12. aes PERFECT TENSE This tense is used to describe an event or action that will be completed before another event or time in the future. Uses will have with the main verb ending in -ed if it is a regular verb. ° Irregular verb also uses will have +the main verb from column labeled perfect Yat om * Ex: | will have studied for the test before the circus comes to town. ° Ex: (irregular verb) | will have gonedoéithe store before you get home.
13. 1 AY oe ee 2 ee) ° 1. Rosetta has her juggling act at our talent show. (do) °* Done ° 2. After she had them, she juggled. (throw) ° Thrown ° 3. She is right now. (Speak) ° Speaking ° 4. Laughter was audience. (ring) ° ringing