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A verb is a kind of word (part of speech) that
tells about an action or a state.
It is the main part of a sentence: every sentence
has a verb.
What is a verb?
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In English, verbs are the only kind of
word that changes to show past or present
tense.
Tense is the time described by a verb, shown by
its grammatical form.
What is a verb?
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Past Tense
Past tense is used to express activities or
conditions that occurred at a definite time in the
past.
Time expressions which indicate past time are
usually used (today, yesterday, last week, etc).
Past Tense
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Examples:
Examples:
1. I ate some fruits yesterday.
2. We attended the mass last Sunday.
3. The school principal called our attention.
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Past Perfect Tense
Past perfect tense is used to describe an action
that was completed at a certain time in the past
or before another action was completed. To form
the past perfect tense, use had as an auxiliary
verb with the past participle of the main verb
Past Perfect Tense
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Past Perfect Tense
The time expressions used with past perfect tense are:
⊹ when, before, by the time (used with the clause in
the simple past)
⊹ after (used with the clause in the past perfect tense)
Past Perfect Tense
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Examples:
Examples:
1. The streets were wet because it had rained for hours.
2. We had found the lost wallet by the time he saw us.
3. I cooked dinner after I had washed my clothes.
15. These two tenses are both used to talk about things
that happened in the past. However, we use past
perfect to talk about something that happened
before another action in the past, which is usually
expressed by the past time.
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REMEMBER
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We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an
action started and finished at a specific time in the
past.
⊹ Regular verbs are verbs that end with –d or –ed.
Simple Form Past Tense
walk walked
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bake baked
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⊹ Irregular verbs are verbs that DON’T end with
–ed.
Some irregular verbs have a vowel change in the
past tense:
Simple Form Past Tense
become became
give gave
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Examples:
⊹ I saw Maria yesterday.
⊹ Last Friday, the students took their spelling and
vocabulary tests.
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Some irregular verbs don’t change at all.
Simple Form Past Tense
hit hit
cut cut
Examples:
⊹ The children set the table every Sunday.
⊹ Jett cut the cake for Yuri’s birthday yesterday.
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The past perfect tense expresses action in the past
before another action in the past.
This is the past in the past.
Example:
⊹ The train left at 9am. We arrived at 9.15am.
When we arrived, the train had left.
