The Six Tenses and Forms of a Verb A ______________ is a form of a _______________ that shows when something ____________ or when something ______________. tense verb happens exists

The Basic Forms of the Six Tenses TENSEBASIC FORM PRESENT PAST FUTURE PRESENT PERFECT PAST PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT BASIC FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES OF BEGIN I begin I began I will begin I have begun I had begun I will have begun

Practice: Complete each sentence with the verb and the tense indicated in the parentheses. 1.Hiking in the Catskills, we _____________ (lose-past) our compass. 2.Before we __________ (go-past perfect) far, we found an arrowhead. 3.We ____________ (find-present perfect) several during our hike. 4.By the end of the day, we ____________ (hike-future perfect) about ten miles. 5.Next time, we ____________ (keep-future) an eye on our compass. lost had gone have found will have hiked will keep

Practice: Identify the tense of each underlined verb in the following sentences. 1.I often had wondered about the history of New York. 2.“If I ask my mom,” I thought, “she will tell me it is rich in history.” 3.She will say, “It extends back to the settlement of the area by Native Americans.” 4.They first occupied New York’s shores and river valleys. 5.Archaeological sites exist all the way from downstate Staten Island to upstate Lake Champlian. past perfect future past present

Practice Cont’d 6.Archaeologists have found evidence of ancient sites. 7.Some of these sites had been home to Cayuga and Seneca Native Americans. 8.For food, members of the ancient culture had relied on hunting and gathering. 9.A later culture substituted agriculture for hunting and gathering. 10.After more research, I will have learned other interesting facts about New York history. present perfect past perfect past future perfect

Conjugating the Basic Forms A _____________ is a list of the ___________ and ___________ forms of a verb in a particular ____________. conjugation singularplural tense

CONJUGATION OF THE BASIC FORMS OF HIDE SingularPlural PRESENTI _____________. You ____________. He, She, It _________. We _____________. You _____________. They _____________. PASTI _____________. You ____________. He, She, It _________. We _____________. You _____________. They _____________. FUTUREI _____________. You ____________. He, She, It _________. We _____________. You _____________. They _____________. PRESENT PERFECTI _____________. You ____________. He, She, It _________. We _____________. You _____________. They _____________. PAST PERFECTI _____________. You ____________. He, She, It _________. We _____________. You _____________. They _____________. FUTURE PERFECTI _____________. You ____________. He, She, It _________. We _____________. You _____________. They _____________. hide hides hide hid will hide have hidden has hidden have hidden had hidden will have hidden

Practice: The following sentences are written in present tense. Rewrite each sentence in each of the other five tenses. PresentPastFuturePresent PerfectPast PerfectFuture Perfect It exists. It rings. I swim. You see. She speaks. They come. It existed. I swam.I will swim. It will exist.It has existed.It had existed. I have swum.I had swum.I will have swum. It will have existed. It rang.It will ring.It has rung.It had rung.It will have rung. You saw.You will see. You have seen. You had seen. You will have seen. She spoke. She will speak. She has spoken. She had spoken. She will have spoken. They came. They will come. They have come. They had come. They will have come.

Practice Cont’d PRESENTPASTFUTUREPRESENT PERFECT PAST PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT It walks. You buy. He catches. I do. We look. They take. It walked. It will walk. It has walked. It had walked. It will have walked. You bought. You will buy. You have bought. You had bought. You will have bought. He caught. He will catch. He has caught. He had caught. He will have caught. I did.I will do.I have done. I had done.I will have done. We looked. We will look. We have looked. We had looked. We will have looked. They took. They will take. They have taken. They had taken. They will have taken.