 Infinitive › Original form (To Laugh, To Cry)  Past › Something that has already happened!  Present › Something that is happening RIGHT NOW!!!!  Future › Something that is going to happen!

 Past Tense › I laugh ed at his joke. › I jump ed out of the car. › I loved that movie.  Future Tense › I will go swimming tomorrow. › I will dance at the wedding reception. › I will eat ten million pieces of pizza this weekend.

 Present Tense › Sarah loves to dance. › Mr. Craig eats unhealthy food. › I am taking notes.

 GENERAL RULES › Past: Ends in “ed” › Future: Includes a “will” › Present: S or no S?

 Feeled? Drived? Putted? Eated?  Not every verb follows the rules. › There are a ton! Here are some examples: › EXAMPLES:  To Feel: Felt  To Drive: Drove  To Put: Put (NO CHANGE?!?!)  To Eat: Ate  To Be: Was/Were  To Hear: Heard

 Identify the tense › 1. I ate pizza for dinner. › 2. I want to dance. › 3. I saw Ms. Christensen fall down the stairs. › 4. I will watch TV after school today. › 5. I like candy.

 1. Past  2. Present  3. Past  4. Future  5. Present

 Rewrite the sentence using the correct tense. › 1. Anna ___________ to watch movies. (To Like) (Present) › 2. Aaron ________ home. (To Drive) (Past) › 3. The team ________ the game. (To win) (Future) › 4. Chad and Sandy ________ dinner together. (To Eat) (Past) › 5. Charles _________ funny. (To be) (Present)

 1. Likes  2. Drove  3. Will Win  4. Ate  5. Is

 Write a sentence. › 1. (My mom) (To Cook) (Present) › 2. (Leslie and Ron) (To Write) (Past) › 3. (Elaine and Jerry) (To Paint) (Future)

 1. Cooks  2. Wrote  3. Will Paint