 To identify and list out the verb and tense
in a sentence in the given sentence.
 To use the correct tense form of the verb
in the sentences.
LIST OUT THE VERB FORMS AND USE suitable verb forms
in the given sentences with the help of teacher.
LIST OUT THE VERB FORMS AND USE suitable verb forms
in the given sentences with the help of PEER.
LIST OUT THE VERB FORMS AND USE suitable verb forms
in the given sentences INDEPENDENTLY..
Present Tense : Present tense expresses an
unchanging, repeated, or reoccurring action or
situation that exists only now. It can also
represent a widespread truth.
Past Tense : Past tense expresses an action or
situation that was started and finished in the
past.
Future Tense : Future tense expresses an
action or situation that will occur in the future.
The simple present is used to describe an action, an event,
or condition that is occurring in the present.
The simple present tense is used to refer to things that
happen always, some, often, or never. it is used to making
statements about a person or
to talk about facts. Simple tense is used to express the
following:
⇒ A habitual action
⇒ A future action that has a fixed schedule
⇒ A general or universal truths
⇒ A permanent situation
She lives in Spain.
⇒ Feeling/thought
Bob drives a taxi.
The present continuous emphasizes the continuing nature of an act,
event, or condition. Present continuous tense is utilized to introduce
an activity that is continuous at that time. It leads to an activity
that is going on at the time when a statement is made, or at the
moment of declaiming. The Present Continuous Tense is usually
applied with the terms- still, now, these days, at this
time, nowadays, at the moment, at
present. Present continuous tense is used to express the following;
⇒ An action strategy for the future
⇒ An activity that is performing on at the moment of speaking
⇒ An activity that may/ may not be occurring at the moment of
conversing.
I am playing.
She is playing.
They are playing
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Excuse me, but you ....... in my seat. [ sit ]
My mother works very hard. She is always very tired when
she ....... home in the evening. [ get ]
He is very lazy. He never ....... his homework. [ do ]
My friend is very clever. She ....... four languages! [ speak ]
The sun ....... in the east. [ rise ]
Sorry, Emiko can't come to the phone right now. She ....... a
bath. [ have ]
Eveline ....... English now, but she usually speaks Dutch at
home. [ speak ]
My brother usually ....... his bike to school, but today he
came by car. [ ride ]
Answers
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Excuse me, but you are sitting in my seat. [ sit ]
My mother works very hard. She is always very tired when
she gets home in the evening. [ get ]
He is very lazy. He never does his homework. [ do ]
My friend is very clever. She speaks four languages! [ speak
]
The sun rises in the east. [ rise ]
Sorry, Emiko can't come to the phone right now. She is
having a bath. [ have ]
Eveline is speaking English now, but she usually speaks Dutch
at home. [ speak ]
My brother usually rides his bike to school, but today he
came by car. [ ride ]
Day 2
•Simple past tense is utilized to refer to something that
passed at an appropriate time in the past and is completed
as a one-time activity. It has nothing to do with time soon
or present.
•It is applied for past activity or experience that is
unrelated to the present.
•Simple past tense is the single tense in which the second
form of the verb is practiced.
Simple past tense is utilized to express the following:
⇒ An activity that was created in the past
⇒ Past habit
Structure
(a) Active voice: Subject + Verb (past tense).
(b) Passive voice: Subject + be (was/were) + Past Participle.
Wolfgang entered a hula hoop contest.
He won the silver medal.
English has two types of verbs
in the past tense:
Regular verbs
 Irregular verbs
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Regular verbs (add –ed in past tense)
play
played
laugh
laughed
need
needed
look
looked
ask
asked
call
called
Irregular verbs (they break the rules! )
go
went
say
said
make
made
take
took
think
thought
is
was
Past continuous tense indicates an activity continuous in the
past. Past continuous tense is utilized to show the following:
⇒ An action that was going on for some moment in the past.
⇒ The beginning of another event when the first action is not
yet over.
⇒ To express an often repeated past action.
Structure
(a) Subject + was/were + verb + ing + object
1.She was weeping in the room.
2.Where were the children dancing?
3.I was sitting in the society with my grandmother.
He came from London some time ago. (come)
He did not choose anyone yet for the mission. (not/choose)
Did they speak with the committee? (speak)
He stood on the table all day. (stand)
The birds flew away in the sky. (flying)
Did you sleep with her yesterday? (sleep)
Our soldiers won the battle. (win)
A farmer committed suicide after hearing this news. (commit)
He wrote a letter to the principal. (write)
arrived
Was writing
Was crossing
saw
Were they shouting
Were fixing
Woke up
opened
Did Mary break
Was sleeping
saw
Was watiching
Was skating
knocked
Wasn’t talking
went