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Short recap:
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Active Voice Passive Voice
Differentiate Active and Passive Voice

ACTIVE PASSIVE
• If the subject is one being
• VOICE
If the subject is the VOICE
doer of the action. acted upon by the verb.
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• The doer of the action • The doer of the action in


is known and specific the sentence is unknown
Activity
Select the correct form of verb to make each
sentence meaningful
1. It (rain, and
rains, rained) every June.grammatical.
2. Starting next week, the store (open, opens, will open)
at 7:00 in the morning.
3. In China, more than half of the entire population
(owns, own, owned) bicycles.
4. Many children (die, dies, will die) during World War
II.
5. I (attended, attends, will attend) a seminar on Food
Preservation next week.
Analysis

What comes into your mind


when you hear the word
PERFECT and SIMPLE?
What is verb?
l e Te ns e s
Simp
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Simple
FUNCTION
FormPresent We use the simple present tense to:
1. Talk about your thoughts and feelings at the present
1. -s form (singular)
Tense
2. 2. base form
moment

Example: ​You ​look ​stunning.


(plural)
The example expresses current thoughts. The subject is ​
you​, which is a pronoun in the second-person point of
view. For this pronoun, we use the plural form of the
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verb even if it is singular.


Simple
FUNCTION
FormPresent We use the simple present tense to:
2. Talk about affairs at the present
1. -s form (singular)
Tense
2. 2. base form
moment

Example: ​Daniela ​owns​a store


(plural)
We use the -s form because the subject, Daniela, is
singular and at the present moment, she owns a store.
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Simple
FUNCTION
FormPresent We use the simple present tense to:
3. Express general Truths
1. -s form (singular)
Tense
2. 2. base form Example: ​The planets ​revolve around the sun.
(plural)
The statement is a fact and the subject, planets, is plural
so we should use the base form.
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Simple
FUNCTION
FormPresent We use the simple present tense to:
4. express regular or habitual actions
1. -s form (singular)
Tense
2. 2. base form Example: Julian ​goes​to church every Sunday
(plural)
Going to church is a habit and the subject, Julian, is
singular so the base form is used.
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Simple Present Tense Functions
Thoughts and Affairs at the present
feelings moment
General truth regular or habitual
actions
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Simple Past
FUNCTION
Form Tense We use the simple past tense to:
1. Regular verbs 1. Say that the situation existed over a period of time in
● adding “d” or “ed” at the end the past.
of the verb
(e.g., hug-hugged, sniff-sniffed). Example: ​​He ​lived​in Manila for two years..
2. Irregular verbs
● Change spelling The subject no longer lives in Manila. He only stayed
● Retain spelling there for two years before moving to another city.
● Change word
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(e.g. make-made, think-thought,


run-ran)
Simple Past
FUNCTION
Form Tense We use the simple past tense to:
1. Regular verbs 1. Talk about an activity that took
● adding “d” or “ed” at the end place regularly or repeatedly in the
of the verb past.
(e.g., hug-hugged, sniff-sniffed).
2. Irregular verbs Example: ​​We ​talked ​a great deal in my
● Change spelling childhood.
● Retain spelling
● Change word These were done habitually in the
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(e.g. make-made, think-thought, past but not anymore.


run-ran)
Simple
FUNCTION
Form Future We use the simple future tense to say that
Will + base form of the verb something is planned to happen, or that

Tense you think it is likely to happen in the


future.

Example: ​​Nancy ​will give ​the buyer a 10-karat gold


bracelet
These were done habitually in the
past but not anymore.
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Present
FUNCTION
Perfect
We use the present perfect tense to mention something
that happened in the past but do not want to state a
Form
has/have + past participle

Tense
specific time.
Has​is used when the subject
Examples: They ​have raised​thirty thousand is singular, while ​have​is for
pesos for their charitable institution. plural subjects.
The ​past participle form is
● The subject is ​they​and it is plural, so the verb used to form the perfect
​have​was used. tenses of the verb.
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Present
FUNCTION
Perfect
We use the present perfect tense to mention something
that happened in the past but do not want to state a
Form
has/have + past participle

Tense
specific time.
Has​is used when the subject
Example: Gianna ​has made​lots of money as an is singular, while ​have​is for
entrepreneur plural subjects.
The ​past participle form is
● Gianna is singular so ​has​was used in the used to form the perfect
sentence. tenses of the verb.
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Past
FUNCTION
Perfect
Tense
We use the past perfect tense to talk about a past event or
situation that occurred before a particular time in the
Form
had + past participle
past. Note that the other action which occurred after the
first action should be in
simple past form.

Example: The class ​had started​when the fire


bell ​rang​.
The class started first before the bell rang.
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Future
FUNCTION
Perfect
We use the future perfect tense to refer to something that
has not happened yet but will happen before a particular
Form
will have + past participle

Tense
time in the future.

Example: By the time he is twenty, Billy will


have achieved​a lot of things.

The action has not happened yet, but it is


assumed that Billy will achieve lots of things at a
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certain time in the future.


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Sim p l e
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Tense
Co nt e x t
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Historical Present Tense
Is the use of a verb in journalistic context where a writer
uses the present tense to describe an action or event that
has already happened.
Example: Duterte wins election
The verb ​wins​is in present tense, but Duterte had already
won by the time this headline was used.
Example: Rallyists pray for World Peace.
The rallyists had finished their prayer rally before it was
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reported in newspapers​.
Activity: Let’s assess
what
Constructyou’ve learn!
5 news headlines with the
use of historical present tense. Your
headline should be about the recent
events that happened in the past
week. It can be local, national, and
international. Pass your work in our
Google Classroom.
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Evaluation

Identify the tense of the underlined verb. Type in


our chat box if it is Simple present, Simple past
tense, Simple future tense or if it falls under the
categorization
__________ of 1. I Present perfect
have discovered tense,
evidence aboutPast
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were investigating.
__________ 2. Theresa has told me various stories about
you.
__________ 3. She said she wants to help me move out
of the house.
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__________ 4. We will punish those she discovered the


rules last month.
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