Verb Forms

Present (base or –s Past Form Present Participle

form)
drink drank is/are drinking
drive drove is/are driving
choose chose is/are choosing
cook cooked is/are cooking
do did is/are doing
Simple Tenses of Verbs
Simple Tenses Uses
Present Tense Expresses:
• Repeated or habitual action
• Facts or general truths
• Permanent condition
• Happening in the present

Past Tense Expresses action or state of being, which

happened in the past
Future Tense Indicates future time or action that will still
happen
Simple Tenses Form
Present Tense • Use the base form if the subject is plural.
• Use the s form if the subject is singular.
• cook/cooks
Past Tense • Add –d or –ed to regular verbs (cooked)
• Follow rules in changing forms of
irregular verbs (drank)

Future Tense • will or shall + base form of the verb

(will/shall cook)
• Am, is, are + going to
Present Tense (Examples)

1. Antonia visits her grandmother regularly.

2. Old people are prone to illness.
3. Her grandmother is Spanish
4. She sees her later.
Present Tense

1. She ______ (prays) to God and asks her guardian angels

to watch over her nightly.
2. Many people ______ (believe) in angels
3. I always _______(share) my talents with my family and
friends.
4. Alana ________(attends) the class every day.
Past Tense (Examples)

1.Grandma suddenly became ill.

2.Antonia was very upset about it.
Past Tense

1. She ______ (bought) angel figurines last year.

2. She _____ (was) an avid collector.
3. She _____ (left) the school in 2010.
4. He ______ (went) to school yesterday.
5. I ______ (met) him 9 years ago.
Future Tense (Examples)

1.She will recover fast if she rests.

2.Grandma and Antonia will see each
other soon.
Future Tense

1. We _____ (watch) a movie this Friday.

2. Bob _____ (write) a poem.
3. He _____ (call) me tomorrow.
4. I _____ (be+going+to) cook tonight.
5. We _____ (paint) it next week.
1. My father drinks coffee in the morning.
2. He helped his mother last Sunday.
3. My sister lives in Manila
4. Michael will run the marathon in the month of March.
5. I had a strange dream yesterday.
6. The girl is going to study for her final examination
7. The team will wash cars to gain money for uniforms.
8. England is a country.