Part 2: Present, Past, and

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VERBS

• Part 2 Present, Past, and
• Future Tense of Verbs

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Present, Past, and Future

• A verb tells when something happens.
• The tense of a verb lets you know whether
  something happens in the past, present, or in
  the future.

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Present Past Future
walk walked
will walk
fish fished
will fish
paint painted
will paint
brush brushed
will brush
bark barked
will bark
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Spelling the Present Tense

• For most verbs, add s.
• For verbs that end with s, x, z, ch, or sh, add
  es.
• For a verb that ends with a consonant and y,
  change the y to an i and add es.

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Spelling the Present Tense
For verbs that end with s, x, z, ch, or sh, add
es.
search
es
push
es
The lady pushes the cart.
The detective searches for clues.
hiss
es
The snake hisses.
relax
es
buzz
es
The boy relaxes on his bed.
The fly buzzes.
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Spelling the Present Tense
For a verb that ends with a consonant and y,
change the y to an i and add es.
try
ies
The man tries to catch the ball.
fly
ies
The bee flies through the air.
carry
ies
The dog carries a big bone.
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Spelling the Past Tense

• For most verbs, add -ed.
• Verbs ending with e, drop the e and add -ed.

open
ed
skate
ed
walk
ed
dance
ed
serve
ed
point
ed
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Spelling the Past Tense

• Verbs ending with a single vowel and a consonant,
  double the consonant and add -ed.
• Verbs ending with a consonant and y, change the y
  to an i and add -ed.

hop
ped
carry
ied
carried
hug
ged
hurry
ied
hurried
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The Past with Helping Verbs
Use the helping verb has, have, or had with the
past form of most verbs.

• With singular subjects, use has.

The kitten has played with the string.
She has baked a cake.
The boy has eaten his lunch.
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The Past with Helping Verbs
With plural subjects and I or you, use have.
The cats have played with the yarn.
They have won the game.
You have ridden a tricycle.
I have worked on a computer.
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The Past with Helping Verbs
With either singular or plural subjects, use had.
He had scored 26 points already.
They had lost their soccer game.
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Irregular Verbs

• Verbs that do not add -ed to show past tense are
  called irregular verbs.
• Because they do not follow a regular pattern, you
  must remember their past tense and past with
  helping verb spellings.

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Irregular Verbs
present past past with
helping verbs
(has, had, have)
fly flew
flown
(has, had, have)
sing sang
sung
(has, had, have)
write wrote
written
(has, had, have)
run ran
run
(has, had, have)
eat ate
eaten
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The End
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