Verb tense tells you when the action happens. There are three main verb tenses: present, past, and future. Each main tense is divided into simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive tenses.
| Present | Past | Future |
| Simple | finish | finished | will finish |
| Progressive | am/is/are finishing | was/were finishing | will be finishing |
| Perfect | have/has finished | had finished | will have finished |
| Perfect Progressive | have/has been finishing | had been finishing | will have been finishing |
Things to remember about simple tense:
a. Present tense is the original verb form.
b. Past tense has a few patterns.
c. Future tense needs will (shall) + verb.
run
- I run a marathon twice a year. (present)
- I ran a marathon last year. (past)
- I will run a marathon next year. (future)
eat
- I eat lunch in my office.
- I ate lunch an hour ago.
- I will eat lunch in one hour.
see
- I see a movie once a week.
- I saw a movie yesterday.
- I will see a movie tomorrow.
know
- I know it.
- I knew it the day before yesterday.
- I will know it by tomorrow.
learn
- I learn English.
- I learned English the last two years.
- I will learn English next year.
cook
- I cook my supper every night.
- I cooked our dinner already.
- I will cook breakfast tomorrow.
[Quiz 10.1]
Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb forms.
1)I a song at the concert yesterday.
2)He a letter to his girlfriend tomorrow.
3)I to the library to borrow some books this weekend.
ANSWERS:
[10.1]
1) sang
2) will write
3) will go
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