Verb Forms
Infinitive
Present
Present
Participle
Simple
Past
Past
Participle
Regular
to work
work,
works
working
worked
worked
Irregular
to sing
sing,
sings
singing
sang
sung
being
was,
were
been
Irregular
to be
am,
are,
is
plane / arrive / France
✔ The plane arrived in France.
Past Simple
Function: An action that ended at a point in the
past.
Form: subject + verb + “-ed” / irregular verb form
Example:
He
subject
traveled
verb + “-ed”
yesterday.
Past Simple Practice!
Remember: subject + verb + “-ed” or irregular ending
1)
2)
3)
4)
She / visit / Australia
We / buy / souvenirs
You / go / museum
I / learn / culture
girl / write / postcard
✔ The girl was writing a postcard.
Past Progressive
Function: An action that was in progress at a
particular time in the past.
Form: subject + aux (was/were) + verb + “-ing”
Example:
He
subject
was
aux
traveling yesterday.
verb + “-ing”
Past Progressive Practice!
Remember: subject + aux (was/were) + verb + “-ing”
1)
2)
3)
4)
They / return / home
I / find / directions
He / take / taxi
You / avoid / pickpockets
He / see / pyramids
✔ He had seen the pyramids.
Past Perfect
Function: An action that happened before another
in the past.
Form: subject + aux (had) + past participle
Example:
He
subject
had
aux
traveled
past participle
yesterday.
Past Perfect Practice!
Remember: subject + aux (had) + past participle
1)
2)
3)
4)
You / spot / Statue of Liberty
We / go / Ireland
They / unpack / suitcase
He / be / Germany
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