Verb Tenses

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Verb Tenses
The tense of verbs doing or being words tell
us when things happen
Things that happen today are in the present
tense
Things that happened yesterday are in the past
tense
Things that happen tomorrow are in the future
tense
I will be
reveal
I am
I was
reveal
reveal
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Verb Tenses
The man .. away yesterday.
ran
runs
will run
X
X
Which word in the main sentence tells you when
the man was running?
yesterday
reveal
This trigger word helps you choose the tense of
the verb.
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Verb Tenses
ran
The man .. away yesterday.
runs
will run
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Verb Tenses
jump
reveal
Lets on the trampoline!
jump or jumped?
NOT jamp
Whats the trigger? Which word or words tell
you when the jumping happened?
Lets (let us) happening now.
reveal
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Verb Tenses
found
reveal
I the buried treasure last
week!
Look for the trigger word(s).
When was the treasure discovered?
found / find / will find ?
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Look for the trigger words! When the event takes
place will tell you which tense to choose.
Verb Tenses
We to the beach tomorrow!
will go
reveal
went / go / will go ?
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Verb Tenses
To work out which tense of the verb you need, ask
yourself, When is this event taking place?