This document discusses verb tenses in English. It explains that tense indicates time and identifies four main tenses: simple (present, past, future), perfect (present perfect, past perfect, future perfect), progressive (present progressive, past progressive, future progressive), and perfect progressive. For each tense, it provides examples of conjugated verbs and sample sentences to illustrate their uses in expressing the time of actions or conditions.

1. TENSES
OF VERB

2. Tense
Latin word
“tempus” which
means time.

3. Tense
shows the time
when an action
or condition
occurred.

4. Tenses of
Verb

5. - Simple Tense
- Perfect Tense

6. - Progressive Tense
- Perfect Progressive
Tense

7. Simple Tense
•Present Tense
•Past Tense
•Future Tense

8. Perfect Tense
•Present Perfect
Tense
•Past Perfect Tense
•Future Perfect Tense

9. Progressive Tense
•Present Progressive
Tense
•Past Progressive Tense
•Future Progressive Tense

10. Perfect Progressive Tense
•Present Perfect Progressive
Tense
•Past Perfect Progressive
Tense
•Future Perfect Progressive
Tense

11. SIMPLE TENSE

12. Present Tense
Singular
Form
Plural Form
Add /-s/
or /-es/
Base
form

13. Past Tense
Regular
Form
Irregular
Form
Add /-d/
or /-ed/
Change
the spelling

14. Future Tense
will or shall +
present plural form

15. FINISH
Present Past Future
finish /
finishes
finished will or
shall
finish

16. DRAW
Present Past Future
draw /
draws
drew will or
shall
draw

17. CRY
Present Past Future
cry /
cries
cried will or
shall
cry

18. FORGET
Present Past Future
forget /
forgets
forgot will or
shall
forget

19. Conjugate the
following verbs.

20. FORMAT
Verb Present Past Future

21. 1.Jump
2.Write
3.Forsake
4.Lead
5.Burst

22. 6. Understand
7. Bleed
8. Spend
9. Teach
10. Think

23. 11. Let
12. Provide
13. Continue
14. Turn
15. Believe

24. Last year, John his
mom at the front door.
a. Wait
b. Waited
c. Will wait

25. Today, tropical plants
in the northern forest.
a.Grew
b.Grow
c.Will grow

26. I plenty of water
next time.
a.Drink
b.Drank
c.Will drink

27. PERFECT
TENSE

28. Perfect means
“Made complete”
or “completely
done”

29. Present Perfect
have + past
participle

30. Past Perfect
had + past
participle

31. Future Perfect
will have + past
participle

32. ARRIVE
Pres. Per Pas. Per Fut. Per
have
arrived
had
arrived
will
have
arrived

33. COOK
Pres. Per Pas. Per Fut. Per
have
cooked
had
cooked
will
have
cooked

34. SPEND
Pres. Per Pas. Per Fut. Per
have
spent
had
spent
will
have
spent

35. EAT
Pres. Per Pas. Per Fut. Per
have
eaten
had
eaten
will
have
eaten

36. CONJUGATE
THE
FOLLOWING
VERBS.

37. FORMAT
Verb Pres.
Perf.
Past
Perf.
Fut.
Perf.

38. 1.Wash
2.Start
3.Drive
4.Swim
5.Awake

39. 6. Bite
7. Hear
8. Read
9. Shrink
10. Fall

40. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
an action was completed
(finished or "perfected")
at some point in the past
or that the action
extends to the present.

41. I have
walked two miles
already but I’m
still walking.

42. They have
swum the
beautiful beach
every summer.

43. PAST PERFECT TENSE
an action was completed
(finished or "perfected")
at some point in the
past before something
else happened.

44. I had
walked two
miles by
lunchtime.

45. I had run three
other marathons
before entering
the Boston
Marathon .

46. FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
•An action will
have been
completed at
some point in the
future.

47. I will have
spent all my
money by this
time next year.

48. By this time next
week, I will have
worked on this
project for twenty
days.