PPT-VERBS TENSES T he simple present expresses:

daily habit usual activities and general statements of fact Ann takes a shower every day I usually read the newspaper in the morning Birds fly It doesnt snow in Tangerang. Objective 2: identify the verb and use it to express opinions of holiday activities. Objective 3: identify verbs in the 3 tenses and put verbs into the three different tenses . Objective 1: revise holiday activities. O n l i n e W r i t i n g C e n t e r , D a r t o n S t a t e C o l l e g e 1 Verb Tenses I. future tenses. a. Verb tenses of regular verbs (using the verb to play ) : Singular Plural Present Tenses A . tense. is the form of a verb that shows the time of an action or condition. The Six Verb Tenses. There are six tenses that indicate when an action or condition of a verb is, was, or will be in effect.. Each person takes a different tense category (simple, perfect, progressive, perfect progressive).. As a group, write a skit. Each character’s lines must be written in that person’s assigned tense category.. Suffixes . –. ian. , -ant, -. ent. , . and . -. ist. musician. politician. novelist. scientist. historian. tenant. student. patient. resident. comedian. vegetarian. soloist. specialist. I . will. travel to Japan next summer : decision. I . am going to . study German at school: plan. WILL / GOING TO. The simple Future has two different forms in English: will and be going to. Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two different meanings as mentioned before.. What are the verb tenses? . . Present and present perfect. . Past and past perfect. . Future and future perfect. Consistency of tense. Modals. Review A. Review B. What are the verb tenses?. Verbs do a lot of work in sentences. They show actions and states of being. They even take different forms to show time.. There are three tenses :. . The Present Tense. . The Past Tense. . The Future Tense.. Each of the three tenses has four forms or sub-divisions to show continuity or completeness of the action and time. These are :. Is necessary to make a statement. Primary characteristic of a verb is its ability to express time. Verbs express time by means of . tense forms (past, present, future tense). Present Tense: They watch the race.. ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1 – GRAMMAR . PRESENT TENSES. The present simple and the present continuous tenses are the most common ways of expressing present time in English. . The present simple describes things that are generally true, while the present continuous describes things that are true at the time of speaking, but which may change.. Dr Julia Miller. English for Uni. www.adelaide.edu.au/english-for-uni. The teaching materials in this PowerPoint presentation have been developed by Dr Julia Miller and are available on the English for . SIMPLE PAST. SIMPLE FUTURE. SIMPLE TENSES. A. . Simple present.  . = base form: I work.. OR base form -s: He work. s. . . She work. s. . . It work. SIMPLE PRESENT. Habits, facts, opinions.. Stative incomplete actions.. I hate cats.. Cats have 4 legs.. I feel bad right now.. PRESENT. PROGRESSIVE. Incomplete dynamic actions. . Happening now.. I’m studying English.. Spelling Words Suffixes – ian , -ant, - ent , and - ist musician politician novelist scientist historian tenant student patient resident comedian vegetarian soloist specialist motorist