1. FUTURE TENSE VERBS
To talk about the future you use “will” as a helping verb.
Future with “WILL”:
Your main verb is always unchanged.
See the difference below between present and future.
Mr. Matt will go to Canada.
Mr. Matt will give you homework today.
He plays baseball on Fridays.
He will play baseball on Saturday, instead.

2. FUTURE TENSE VERBS “WILL” has many different forms. Contraction (‘ll):
The negative of “will” is “will not” or simply “won’t”:
Helping verbs do not get “he/she/it, s/s/s”.
I think he’ll be here today.
If you’re not good, you’ll go down to Ms. Mimi.
Will you go to school tomorrow?
Mr. Matt won’t watch TV today, because he’s tired.

3. FUTURE TENSE VERBS
You can tell a future tense verb because it has “will” in the sentence.
Which of these sentences is talking about the future?
My mom sends me messages every Sunday.
On Monday, I played basketball with my friends.
I know what I’ll do this weekend! I’ll watch TV!

4. PAST TENSE VERBS
The normal way to make a past tense verb is to add “ed”.
Like comparatives and superlatives, there are always exceptions, but when you don’t know the answer, just try adding “ed”.
The past tense is always the same, even for “he/she/it”!
I walk
I walked
You play
You played
He/She/It listens
He/She/It listened

5. PAST TENSE VERBS
You’ve probably noticed that many rules for many things are the same. Like how the plural and present tense rules are the same.
Here, you’ll use what you remember from plurals, and comparatives and superlatives when adding “ed”.
When a word ends with “consonant + y” change to “i” and add “ed”.
When you have “cvc” or “ccvc” (or a short vowel sound) you double the letter and add “ed”. (Remember? Like “big”, “bigger”, “the biggest”)
I study English.
I studied English.
He/She/It stops at the door.
He/She/It stopped at the door.

6. FUTURE TENSE VERBS
To make questions and negative sentences you need the helping verb “do” in the past tense (which is “did”):
Questions (Did…?):
Negatives (did not/didn’t):
Did you finish your homework?
Did you eat pizza on the weekend?
I didn’t finish my homework.
I didn’t eat pizza on the weekend.

7. FUTURE TENSE VERBS
You can tell a past tense verb because it has “ed” at the end of the main verb.
Which of these sentences is talking about the past?
I didn’t play baseball on the weekend.
I read a little of my book every day.
I’ll tell you when class is finished.