Past and Future Tense Verbs

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Past and Future Tense Verbs

• Pages 176-177

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TN Standards

• SPI 0501.1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs
  (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular,
  agreement, tenses) within context.

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Past Tense and Future Tense

• A verb in the past tense tells what the subject
  did some time ago. A verb in the future tense
  tells what the subject will do at a time to come.

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This chart shows the patterns that many verbs
follow to form the past tense.
Add ed to most verbs jump jumped
If a verb ends in e, drop the e and add ed. smile smiled
If a verb ends in a consonant plus y, change the y to i and add ed. hurry hurried
If a one-syllable verb ends with a consonant-vowel-consonant, double the final consonant and add ed. flip flipped
To ask a question in the past tense, add the helping verb did to most verbs. Put the subject between did and the main verb. Did the cubs chase each other yesterday?
To form the future tense, add the helping verb
will.
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Directions for 1-5, page 176 identify the verb
and tell whether it is in the past tense or
future tense.

• Example Tomorrow the games will start again.
• Answer will start, future

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• 1. Many animals played games in their younger
  days.

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• 2. These games will continue into their adult
  life.

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• 3. The two lion cubs jumped on each other.

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• 4. Did the scientist study the lions?

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• 5. The scientist studied lions in the outdoors.

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Directions for 6-20, page 177 change the verb
to the tense in parentheses (). Some sentences
have two verbs.

• Example Yesterday the parrots (toss) pebbles
  into the air. (past)
• Answer Yesterday the parrots tossed pebbles
  into the air.

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• 6. Elephant calves sometimes (charge) at each
  other. (past)

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• 7. They (use) their trunks in another game.
  (future)

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• 8. They (need) their trunks to find food.
  (future)

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• 9. That lamb (play) alone. (past)

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• 10. The lamb (jump) over stones. (past)

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• 11. In the coming weeks these monkeys (grow)
  larger. (future)

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• 12. That monkey (carry) a ball around for hours.
  (past)

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• 13. Playful bear cubs (turn) into clever
  hunters. (future)

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• 14. Some scientists (study) animal behavior.
  (past)

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• 15. One scientist (spy) a polar bear at play.
  (past)

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• 16. One polar bear club (tip) another one over.
  (past)

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• 17. When these cubs finish swimming they (rest).
  (future)

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• 18. Yesterday at the zoo we (watch) the animals.
  (past)

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• 19. The chimpanzee (look) in the mirror. (past)

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• 20. Then he (drop) it on the ground. (past)