REVIEW OF THE

VERB TENSES
John Richard Barbecho Moreno, SST II
English Unit, PSHS-BRC
Write the correct form of the verb in parentheses.

1. The sun (shine) so brightly that I had to wear sunglasses.

2. Three children were (sting) by bees during recess.
3. Last month, a huge banner (hang) from a bar suspended over the street.
4. Your dog had (tear) a hole in my shirt.
5. The man and his wife have (sit) in the same seats in the ballpark for five years.
6. Bed linens are (weave) very lightly.
7. That uniform number has been (wear) by some of the players.
8. The children (draw) sketches in class yesterday.
9. It has (take) seven years for their business to make a profit.
10. Horse thieves were (hang) in public squares in the 1800s.
 VERB TENSE

•A tense is a form of a
verb that shows the
time of an action or a
condition.
•It is an important use of
the verb.
 THE BASIC FORMS OF
THE SIX TENSES
THE BASIC FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES
Present He studies hard all the time.

Past

Future

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Future Perfect
 THE BASIC FORMS OF
THE SIX TENSES
THE BASIC FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES
Present He studies hard all the time.

Past He studied adverbs last week.

Future

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Future Perfect
 THE BASIC FORMS OF
THE SIX TENSES
THE BASIC FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES
Present He studies hard all the time.

Past He studied adverbs last week.

Future He will study pronouns next week.

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Future Perfect
 THE BASIC FORMS OF
THE SIX TENSES
THE BASIC FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES
Present He studies hard all the time.

Past He studied adverbs last week.

Future He will study pronouns next week.

Present Perfect He has studied adjectives already.

Past Perfect

Future Perfect
 THE BASIC FORMS OF
THE SIX TENSES
THE BASIC FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES
Present He studies hard all the time.

Past He studied adverbs last week.

Future He will study pronouns next week.

Present Perfect He has studied adjectives already.

Past Perfect He had studied nouns before he studied

adjectives.
Future Perfect
 THE BASIC FORMS OF
THE SIX TENSES
THE BASIC FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES
Present He studies hard all the time.

Past He studied adverbs last week.

Future He will study pronouns next week.

Present Perfect He has studied adjectives already.

Past Perfect He had studied nouns before he studied

adjectives.
Future Perfect He will have studied all the parts of speech
by the end of next week.
 THE BASIC FORMS OF
THE SIX TENSES
THE BASIC FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES
Present

Past

Future

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Future Perfect
 PRESENT TENSE

• The present tense expresses a constant,

repeated, or habitual action or
condition. It can also express a general
truth.

1. Maureen puts radish on ham

sandwiches.
2. The Naga River flows into the sea.
3. Water freezes at thirty-two degrees
Fahrenheit.
 PRESENT TENSE

• The present tense can also

express an action or condition
that exists only now.

1. Manuel has headache.

2. The weather feels oppressively
hot.
 PRESENT TENSE

• The present tense is sometimes used in

historical writing to express past events and,
more often, in poetry, fiction, and journalism
to convey to the reader a sense of ‘’being
there’’. This is called historical present.

1. Though he is aware of the danger, Benjamin

Franklin decides to risk electrocution to verify
his theory.

2. The runner on first base inches toward

second.
 PRESENT TENSE

• The present tense is used mainly to express an action

that is occuring now, at the present time.
• Uses:
ü May be used to express future time
ü May be used to express a customary or habitual
action or state of being.
ü Used to express a general truth, something that is
true at all times.
ü Used to tell things that happened in the past when
the writer wants to make the past events seem alive
and vivid. (historical present)
1. revolves (habitual action)
2. spends (generally true)
3. thinks (at this very moment)
4. fights (event in history)
5. takes (a repated action)
 PAST TENSE

• The past tense is used to express

an action that occured in the past
and did not continue into the
present.
• Can be shown in other ways:
ü I used to hate spicy food.
ü I did hate spicy food. (emphatic
form)
 FUTURE TENSE

• The future tense is used to express

an action that will occur in the
future.
• The future tense is formed with will or
shall.
• Future time may also be indicated in
other ways.
ü She defends her research
tomorrow.
ü She is going to defend her
research tomorrow.
 PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

• The present perfect tense is used mainly to

express an action that has been completed
at some indefinite time in the past.
• It is formed with have or has and the past
participle.
- They have bought a laptop.
• Take note of the word indefinite.
- They have bought a laptop recently.
• May also be used to express an action that
began in the past and is still going on.
- We have sat here for hours.
 PAST PERFECT TENSE

• The past perfect tense is used to

express an action that was completed
in the past and preceded some other
past action or event.
• It is formed with had and the past
participle.
- We suddenly realized the we had gone
past our stop.
- I had packed my bags two hours
before I left for the bus station.
 FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

• The future perfect tense is used to

express an action that will be
completed in the future before some
other future action or event.
• It is formed with will have or shall have
and the past participle.
- The holidays will have begun by the
time we arrive in Naga.
- By the middle of May, she will have
been playing in the band for three years.
 Present Past Past Participle
1. fight
2. run
3. freeze
4. rise
5. swing
6. hit
7. hurt
8. swim
9. steal
10. learn
 Present Past Past Participle
11. read
12. burst
13. cut
14. have
15. ring
16. buy
17. bring
18. think
19. sink
20. lead
 USES OF THE PRESENT PERFECT
• The present perfect differs from the past in that the present perfect
cannot be made definite by adding such words as last year or
yesterday. It also differs that it can be used to show actions or
conditions continuing to the present time.
Completed action Sue has washed her hair.
(indefinite time)
Completed She has been ill.
condition (indefinite
time)
Action continuing I have worked here for five years.
to present
Condition He has been here since July.
continuing to
present
 USES OF THE PAST PERFECT
• The past perfect shows a connection between two past events. It is
used to show an action or condition completed before another action
or condition began.

Action Jerztine had studied all the

completed college catalogs before he
before another filled out the UPCAT
past action applications.
Condition I had been a member of the
completed club long before you were.
before another
past condition
 USES OF THE FUTURE PERFECT

Future action I will have finished the

completed book by the end of the
before week.
another
Future My sister will have been
condition out of school five years
completed by the time I graduated.
before
another.
 USES OF THE PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE
The present progressive is used to
express continuous actions or conditions
taking place now.
Long continuing My uncle is building a sailboat.
action
Short continuing I am whistling a tune from jingle
action bells.
Continuing Gloria is being extra helpful this
condition week.
 USES OF THE PAST PROGRESSIVE

Long continuing Last summer my brother was

action in the working in Manila.
past
Short continuing I was making omelets this
action in the morning.
past
Continuing Frank was being careful with
condition in the the pesticide.
past
 USES OF THE FUTURE PROGRESSIVE

Continuing By the time of our first

future game, I will have
action been practicing for
completed two months.
before
another
 THE PROGRESSIVE FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES

Present Progressive She is writing a letter now.

Past Progressive

Future Progressive

Present Perfect Prog.

Past Perfect Prog

Future Perfect Prog.

 THE BASIC FORMS OF
THE SIX TENSES
THE PROGRESSIVE FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES

Present Progressive She is writing a letter now.

Past Progressive She was writing her weekly column.

Future Progressive

Present Perfect Prog.

Past Perfect Prog

Future Perfect Prog.

 THE BASIC FORMS OF
THE SIX TENSES
THE PROGRESSIVE FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES

Present Progressive She is writing a letter now.

Past Progressive She was writing her weekly column.

Future Progressive She will be writing us soon.

Present Perfect Prog.

Past Perfect Prog

Future Perfect Prog.

 THE BASIC FORMS OF
THE SIX TENSES
THE PROGRESSIVE FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES

Present Progressive She is writing a letter now.

Past Progressive She was writing her weekly column.

Future Progressive She will be writing us soon.

Present Perfect Prog. She has been writing for years.

Past Perfect Prog

Future Perfect Prog.

 THE BASIC FORMS OF
THE SIX TENSES
THE PROGRESSIVE FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES

Present Progressive She is writing a letter now.

Past Progressive She was writing her weekly column.

Future Progressive She will be writing us soon.

Present Perfect Prog. She has been writing for years.

Past Perfect Prog She had been writing speeches when her first
novel was published.
Future Perfect Prog.
 THE BASIC FORMS OF
THE SIX TENSES
THE PROGRESSIVE FORMS OF THE SIX TENSES

Present Progressive She is writing a letter now.

Past Progressive She was writing her weekly column.

Future Progressive She will be writing us soon.

Present Perfect Prog. She has been writing for years.

Past Perfect Prog She had been writing speeches when her first
novel was published.
Future Perfect Prog. She will have been writing fiction for a decade
by the end of 1985.
 THE BASIC FORMS OF
THE SIX TENSES
FOUR PRINCIPAL PARTS OF VERBS

Present walk, run

Present Participle walking, running

Past Participle walked, ran

Past Participle walked, run