Forming Verb Tenses for Regular Verbs Mrs. Zakrewski 7 th Grade Language Arts

To form the PRESENT TENSE…use the base form of the verb. Examples: complain, worry, enjoy, save

PRESENT TENSE VERBS are verbs that are existing or happening now.

To form the PAST TENSE…add d or ed to the base form of the verb. Examples: complained, worried, enjoyed, saved

PAST TENSE VERBS are verbs that are existing or happening in the past.

To form FUTURE TENSE verbs…use will with the base form of the word. Examples: will complain, will worry, will enjoy, will save

FUTURE TENSEVERBS are existing or happening in the future.

To form the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE…use have or has with the past form. Examples: has complained, have worried, has enjoyed, has saved

The PRESENT PERFECT TENSE are verbs that are existing or happening sometime before now. Examples: We have dreaded this for a long time. He has complained about the ride often.

To form the PAST PERFECT TENSE…use had with the past form. Examples: had complained, had worried, had enjoyed, had saved

PAST PERFECT TENSE VERBS are verbs that are existing or happening before a specific time in the past. Examples: Until today, we had dreaded this for weeks.

To form FUTURE PERFECT TENSE VERBS…use will have or shall have with the past form. Examples: Fred will have been here six times. We shall have enjoyed ourselves immensely!

FUTURE PEFECT TENSE VERBS are existing or happening before a specific time in the future.

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