Identifying Verb Tenses
Dictation: ‹super-› 1.
Verbs 2.
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Write each verb in both forms. These tricky verbs change the vowel sound in the simple past and then add ‹n› or ‹en› to it for the past participle.
infinitive / present tear wake break forget wear freeze steal choose speak swear
simple past
past participle
Past
Present
Future
Simple tense
I looked
I look
I shall look
Continous tense
I was looking
I am looking
I shall be looking
Perfect tense
I had looked
I have looked
I shall have looked
Verbs
Find the verbs in these sentences and underline them in red. Then decide which tenses they are and write them in the tense tents.
I am balancing on a ball like an acrobat. The rats were scavenging for food. A truck has damaged the fence post. He will be going to college next year. We change our minds all the time. You will have written the story by then. Her confidence had grown over the years.
The strict granny was supervising her lively grandchildren. subject
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verb
object
A butterfly will emerge from the chrysalis. She received a strange message yesterday. Past
Present
Future
Action: Point your thumb backwards over your shoulder.
Action: Point towards the floor with the palm of your hand.
Action: Point to the front with your finger.
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