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    1) Verb tense denotes the time of the action indicated by the verb. There are 6 main verb tenses: present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. 2) Regular verbs form their past tense and past participle by adding "-ed" or "-d" while irregular verbs do so in various unpredictable ways. 3) Verb conjugation is the correct arrangement of a verb's form through its tenses, persons (first, second, third), and numbers (singular, plural).

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    1) Verb tense denotes the time of the action indicated by the verb. There are 6 main verb tenses: present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. 2) Regular verbs form their past tense and past participle by adding "-ed" or "-d" while irregular verbs do so in various unpredictable ways. 3) Verb conjugation is the correct arrangement of a verb's form through its tenses, persons (first, second, third), and numbers (singular, plural).

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    1) Verb tense denotes the time of the action indicated by the verb. There are 6 main verb tenses: present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. 2) Regular verbs form their past tense and past participle by adding "-ed" or "-d" while irregular verbs do so in various unpredictable ways. 3) Verb conjugation is the correct arrangement of a verb's form through its tenses, persons (first, second, third), and numbers (singular, plural).

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    Verb Tense

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    1) Verb tense denotes the time of the action indicated by the verb. There are 6 main verb tenses: present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. 2) Regular verbs form their past tense and past participle by adding "-ed" or "-d" while irregular verbs do so in various unpredictable ways. 3) Verb conjugation is the correct arrangement of a verb's form through its tenses, persons (first, second, third), and numbers (singular, plural).

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    Verb Tense

    Tense denotes the time of the action indicated


    by a verb. The time is not always the same
    as that indicated by the name of the tense.
    6 Types

    Verb Tenses

    Present Past Future


    Present Past Future
    Perfect Perfect Perfect
    Present Tense

     Present tense may express


    action which is going on at the
    present time or which occurs
    always, repeatedly, or habitually.
     Examples: He sees the train.
    He eats cereal for breakfast
    every day.
    Past Tense

     Past tense expresses action


    completed at a definite time in
    the past.
     Examples: He wrote the letter
    yesterday. She lived to be 90
    years old.
    Future Tense
     Future tense expresses action
    which will take place in the future.
     It uses the helping verbs will or
    shall* and the present tense form
    of the verb).
     Examples: He will send the letter
    tomorrow. I shall wait here until
    you return.
     * Traditionally, shall is used for 1st
    person and will for 2nd and 3rd
    persons.
    Present Perfect Tense
     Present perfect tense expresses action
    completed at the present time (perfect
    means complete) or begun in the past and
    continuing into the present.
     This tense uses the helping verbs has and
    have and the past participle of the verb.
     Examples:
     He has written a letter to his uncle. (completed
    action)
     The Waltons have lived here for seven years.
    (continuing)
    Past Perfect Tense

     Past perfect tense expresses


    action completed before certain
    time in the past. (This is the
    before-past tense.)
     It uses the helping verb had and
    the past participle of the verb.
     Example: She had written the
    letter before I saw her.
    Future Perfect Tense

     Future perfect tense expresses


    action which will be completed
    before a certain time in the future.
    (This is the before-future tense)
     It uses the helping verbs will have
    or shall have and the past
    participle of the verb.
     Example: He will have finished
    the paper before next Friday.
    Verb Forms

    Verb Forms

    Regular Irregular
    Regular Verbs

     Regular verbs form their past


    tense and past participle by
    adding –ed or –d to their present
    tense form.
     More than 95% of all English
    verbs are regular.
     Regular verbs cause few
    problems in speaking and
    writing.
    Regular verbs and their
    Principal Parts

    Principal Present Present Past Past


    Parts:
    Tense Participle Tense Participle

    Verb:
    To call call, calling called (have)
    calls called

    To dust dust, dusting dusted (have)


    dusts dusted
    Irregular Verbs
     Irregular verbs can form their past
    tense and past participle forms in
    various way.
     These forms cause even native
    speakers innumerable problems.
     The most irregular verb of all is the
    verb to be.
     Another irregular verb that is
    important for its use with other
    verbs is the verb to have.
    Four Principal/Main Parts
    Principal Present Present Past Past
    Parts:
    Tense Participle Tense Participle

    Verb:
    To Be be, am, being was, (have)
    are, is were been

    To Have have, having had (have)


    has had
    Other Common Irregular
    Verbs and their Principal Parts
    Principal Present Present Past Tense Past
    Part Tense Participle Participle

    Verb
    To see see, seeing saw (have)
    sees seen
    To do do, does doing did (have)
    done
    To fly fly, flies flying flew (have)
    flown
    To run run, runs running ran (have)
    run
    Conjugation

     A conjugation of a verb is the


    correct arrangement of its form
    through its tenses, persons, and
    numbers.
     Person means the speaker, the
    person spoken to, and the
    person or thing spoken of.
     Number means singular or
    plural.
    Conjugation of the verb: to be
    Tense Singular Plural

    Present I am We are
    You are You are
    He, she, it is They are

    Past I was We were


    You were You were
    He was They were

    Future I shall be We shall be


    You will be You will be
    He will be They will be

    Present Perfect I have been We have been


    You have been You have been
    He has been They have been

    Past Perfect I had been We had been


    You had been You had been
    He had been They had been

    Future Perfect I shall have been We shall have been


    You will have been You will have been
    He will have been They will have been

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