This document discusses various verb tenses in English including: 1. The present tense which is used for present or habitual actions. 2. The past tense which is used for completed past actions and is formed by adding "-ed" or "-d" to regular verbs. 3. The future tense which expresses future actions and is formed using "will/shall + base verb form". It also covers the present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tenses which are used to discuss actions that began in one time frame and continue or are completed in another.

1. Prepared by: Trisha Mae Arias
San Isidro College- Integrated Basic
Education

3. Is formed by the infinitive or base form of
the verb or- for the third person singular-
add s or es to the base form.

4. 1.An action that takes place in the present.
ex. Patricia takes piano lessons. (now, in
the present)
2. A constant , repeated or habitual action.
ex. She reads bestsellers all the time.
3. A general truth
ex. Steel is an alloy

5. 4. A permanent condition.
ex. Metro Manila lies in Luzon.
5. An action that will occur in the
future. However , you should provide
a word or clause that indicate future
time clearly in the sentence.
ex. We leave for Boracay next
weekend

6. denotes an action that was
completed entirely in the past. It
is formed by adding –d or –ed to
the base form(BV) in regular verbs
and has varied forms in irregular
verbs.

7. • John Cabot sailed to America in
1498.
• My father died last year.
• He lived in Fiji in 1976.
• We crossed the Channel
yesterday.

8. FORMS:
1.ORDINARY FORM- formed by
adding –d or – ed to the base
form of a regular verb and varied
forms in irregular verbs
2.EMPHATIC FORM – did + Base
form of the Verb (BV)
3.PROGRESSIVE FORM – was /
were + V-ing

10. Expresses an action that will occur
in the future.
Formed by using will/shall + BV

13. expresses action completed either in
the recent past or at an indefinite
time in the past
Began in the past and continue in the
present.
has/ have + Past Participle

14. • She has lived here all her life.
• They have written three letters
already.
• I have worked here since I
graduated school.

15. is used to express the earlier
of the two past actions.
had + past participle

16. • After Sofie had finished her work,
she went to lunch.
• I washed the floor when the
painter had gone.
• Harold had known about it for a
while.

17. is used to refer the earlier of
the two future actions.
will/ shall + have + Past
Participle

18. • I will give a speech in the
program.
• Robert will be going to the
varsity.
• Tom will have reached the place
by now.
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19. • Gerald went to the market
early.
• I will eat ice cream.
• Let us run to the barn.
• He held the cup tightly.
• I will be a doctor.

20. • Gerald went to the market
early.
• I will eat ice cream.
• Let us run to the barn.
• He held the cup tightly.
• I will be a doctor.

21. Present Perfect Tense
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2.
Past Perfect Tense
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Future Perfect Tense
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