3.4 Workbook #1 p214, 221
Present, Past, and Future Tense
The tense of a verb tells when an action happens.
A verb in the present tense tells about action that is happening now.
She enjoys winter.
They skate on the pond.
A verb in the past tense tells about action that has already happened. Many past tense verbs end in -ed.
It snowed many times last year.
We played in the snow.
A verb in the future tense tells about action that will happen in the future. The helping verb will is added to a verb to form the future tense.
Tomorrow it will rain.
• When a verb ends with e, drop the e before adding -ed:
hope becomes hoped
• When a one-syllable verb ends with one vowel followed by one consonant, double the final consonant before adding -ed:
stop becomes stopped
• When a verb ends with a consonant followed by y, change the y to i before adding -ed:
worry becomes worried
A verb in the present tense tells about action that is happening now.
She enjoys winter.
They skate on the pond.
A verb in the past tense tells about action that has already happened. Many past tense verbs end in -ed.
It snowed many times last year.
We played in the snow.
A verb in the future tense tells about action that will happen in the future. The helping verb will is added to a verb to form the future tense.
Tomorrow it will rain.
• When a verb ends with e, drop the e before adding -ed:
hope becomes hoped
• When a one-syllable verb ends with one vowel followed by one consonant, double the final consonant before adding -ed:
stop becomes stopped
• When a verb ends with a consonant followed by y, change the y to i before adding -ed:
worry becomes worried
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