Tenses of the

Verb
GROUP II
Reporters:
Chualong,Kristine
Bautista,Faybie
Diwa,Jzaddi
Equinan,Jumelyn
Panganiban,Emma
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De Guzman,Justin
Carpio,Mark
TENSES OF THE VERB
 Present tense
 Future tense
 Past tense
 Progressive tense
 Simple tense
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Tense is the attribute of a verb which shows the
time of the action , condition or state of being in
relation to the time of speaking or writing. Verbs
have forms of tense to indicate present , past or
future time.
 The principal parts of a verb used to form tense
are:
*The simple form (infinitive form without you)-
borrow , take.
*The s-form- borrows , took.
*The present participle-borrowing , taking.
*The past participle-borrowed taken.
 There are six tenses by means of which
the time of the action , state or being
expressed by the verb is indicated. Three of
these are primary namely: (1)The Present ,
(2)The Past & (3)The Future.
There are also three perfect tenses , These
are:
1.The present perfect tense
2.The past perfect tense
3.The future perfect tense
 Present
This form of theTense
verb is used to express the
following:
1.) Habitual action
Ø Action that is done or occurs regularly .
The regularity is indicated by the word:
always, often, frequently, everyday,
twice a month etc.
EXAMPLE:
I visit the Blessed Sacrament every
morning.
2.)Permanent Condition
ØState of being that will not
change.

EXAMPLE:
I am a girl.
3.) Present Fact
Øa condition that is true only at the
moment, it may no longer be true later
on.
EXAMPLE:
Zyrine Likes ribbons on her hair.
4.) General Truth
ØSomething that it is true for most but
not for all. (there are exceptions)
EXAMPLE:
Filipino Girls are feminine & sweet.
5.)Simple Futurity
ØThe simple present tense maybe used
to express the future only if the future
action has been planned.
EXAMPLE:
We begin our vacation in two weeks.
6.) Historical present
ØUse of the present tense to narrate a
past event for more vividness.
EXAMPLE:
In “Wedding Dance” Awiyao visits
Lumnay & tries to persuade her to join
the dancers but she refuses.
NOTE:
Actions/conditions that do not fall into
any of those given above should not
use the ordinary present tense.
 Future
Tense
This verb form is made up of will or &
the base or infinitive form of the verb.
EXAMPLES:
will turn
shall plant
The ordinary future tense indicates an
action to be done at a definite time in the
future as expressed by tomorrow, in three
weeks, next month, when I visit you again
etc.
EXAMPLE:
I will call you up when I reach home.
Our teachers will computer our grades
soon.
 Past
Tense
This tense is used to indicate action
to be done at a definite time in the
past. Whenever words indicate a
definite time in the past such as.
Yesterday, last night, three days ago, in
1988 etc., the verb should be in the
ordinary past tense.
EXAMPLES:
In listened to a symposium on education
for values yesterday.
Two days ago I led the morning prayers
before the flag ceremony.
 Progressive
Ø The progressiveTense
tenses show action going on
or continuing over a space of a time
consequently , because the action they
express is not completed.
Ø They are sometimes referred to as the
imperfect tenses.
The different forms are as follows:
Past progressive , Present progressive ,
Future progressive , Past perfect progressive ,
present perfect progressive & Future perfect
progressive.
 Simple
Tense
Essential information:
Ø Tense indicates the time of the action , state
or being expressed by the verb.
Ø The first sin against the correct use of the
tenses or the temporal point of view is a
careless shift of tenses within a sentence or in
a composition .It is important that proper
tense sequence be preserved between a verb
in the main clause and a verb in the
subordinate clause.
Example:
when I was in Nueva Viscaya I was very
happy.
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