tenses revisited

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What do you know about "verbs"?

Verbs

Verbs are words that show an action (sing), occurrence (develop), or state of being (exist). 

The basic form of a verb is known as its infinitive. 

regular vs irregular verbs

present: 

I work                                           I make

He/she/it works                      he/she/it makes

you work                                    you make

past:

I worked                                         I made

he/she/it worked                      he/she/it made

you worked                                  you made

Irregular verbs

to fly - …...

1. flied
2. flewed
3. flown
4. flew

Irregular verb:
kiezen

1. to chose - chose - chose
2. to choose - chose - chosen
3. to choose - chosed - chosen
4. to choose - chosen - chose

Irregular verb of
kosten

1. to cost - costed - costen
2. to cost - chosten - gecost
3. to cost - costed - costed
4. to cost - cost - cost

Irregular verbs:
blow - ... - blown

1. blow
2. blew
3. blown

Irregular verbs

Denken

1. To think-thought-thought
2. To think-thinked-thinked
3. To think-thaught-thaught
4. To think-thinked-thought

Irregular verbs

break - ……. - broken

1. breaked
2. broke
3. broked
4. broken

Tenses

Tenses

In grammar, tense is the time of a verb's action or its state of being, such as present (something happening now), past (something happened earlier), or future (something going to happen). These are called the verb's time frame. For example, examine I walk (present), I walked (past), and I will walk (future). 

https://www.thoughtco.com/tense-grammar-1692532

"I understand the tenses (simple, perfect future continous)

100%

75%

50-50%

25%

Not at all!

Which tense is not future?

1. I will help you tomorrow.
2. I'm playing football Saturday.
3. I am going to play football.
4. He helps you every day

I told him I had seen the movie. 'had seen' is

1. past simple
2. past continuous
3. present perfect
4. past perfect

I walked to school yesterday. 'walked' is

1. past simple
2. past continuous
3. present perfect
4. past perfect

Which tenses are future?

1. I will help you tomorrow.
2. I'm playing football on Saturday.
3. I am going to play football.
4. He helps you every day

Revision Past Tenses: which one is ONLY the past simple?

1. I was trying to work when the doorbell rang.
2. She taught the entire class.
3. They had tried to solve the problem but failed.
4. Janey has flown to America before.

Future tenses:
The plane ......... at six o'clock this evening.

1. is leaving
2. leaves

When I met him yesterday, He was painting his door. 'was painting' is

1. past simple
2. past continuous
3. present perfect
4. past perfect

"I understand the tenses (simple, perfect future continous)

100%

75%

50-50%

25%

Not at all!