PPT-TENSES TENSES : MEANING Tenses are the form taken by a verb to show the time of an action

There are three tenses The Present Tense The Past Tense The Future Tense Each of the three tenses has four forms or subdivisions to show continuity or completeness of the action and time These are . storytelling. The. . Present. . T. enses. Present simple. Used to describe facts. or routine. This . is. a photo of St Aubin’s bay. The school where I work . is. based there.. I . drive. to work round the coast every morning, and . 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.. TENSES T 1 4 – All Tenses 1. I _______________ a great film yesterday. ( see ) 2. _____________________ a new car? ( you ever buy ) 3. I _______________ him last Monday. ( meet ) 4. TENSES T 20 of t he verb – All tenses 1. My family have ___________________ ( buy ) some land in southern France recently. They ___________________ ( build ) a summer house there at th 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.. Sentence problems, Usage, Tenses, and agreement. Four Functions of a sentence . 1. . Declarative. – States an idea and ends with a period. . 2. . Interrogative. – asks a question and ends with a question mark. . The Present. Present Simple. Simple present tense is the most commonly used tenses, showing . facts, actions taking place one after another, action set by a timetable or schedule and action in the present taking place once, never or several times.. 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.. Identify and use the six major verb tenses correctly.. Identify and understand the four principal parts of verbs.. Conjugate regular and irregular verbs correctly. . Verb Tenses: . A . tense. is the form of a verb that shows the time of an action or condition. . 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 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.. TENSES T 26 1 They in Chicago for 20 years be2 I a wonderful film in the cinema last night see3 The sun at 638 yesterday morning rise4 The sun when the climber reached Mount Everest shine5 I pro