1. How Verbs show when action occurs
Verb Tense
How Verbs show when action occurs

2. 3 Tenses Simple Tense Perfect Tense Progressive Tense Past Present
Future
Perfect Tense
Progressive Tense
3 Tenses

3. Simple Tense Simple Tense refers When Something happens or when
To a specific time when something is happening
When
Something happens
or when
Something happened
Something will happen
Simple Tense

4. Simple Tense Simple Past Tense Simple Present Tense
He sat, She sat, We sat
Simple Present Tense
He sits, She sits, We sits
Simple Future Tense
He will sit, She will sit, We will sit
Simple Tense

5. Perfect Tense Refers to when Uses words has, have, or had + a verb
An action is continuing on over an extended period of time
Uses words has, have, or had + a verb
Perfect Tense

6. Perfect Tense Present Perfect Past Perfect Future Perfect I have sat
I had sat
Future Perfect
I will have sat
Perfect Tense

7. Progressive Tense Refers to the progress of an action
Uses is, are, was or were + a verb
is, are, was or were known as “auxiliary verb” or
“Be verbs”
Am, Are, Is, Was,
Were, Be, Become,
Became
Progressive Tense

8. Progressive Tense Progressive Present Progressive Past
I am sitting
Progressive Past
I was sitting
Progressive Future
I will be sitting
Progressive Tense

9. Make sure the verb tense is the same when actions occur all at once
For instance
The instructor explains the diagram to students who asked questions during the lecture.
Should become
The instructor explains the diagram to students who ask questions during the lecture. Or
The instructor explained the diagram to students who asked questions during the lecture.
Using Verb Tense

10. They currently love their tree house…
Only change verb tense if when the action happened demands it.
Example:
The children love their new tree house, which they built themselves.
And not
The children love their new tree house, which they build themselves.
Explanation:
They currently love their tree house…
HOWEVER
They built it earlier!
Using Verb Tense

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Bibliography:
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