REGULAR ENGLISH VERB TENSES

PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

REGULAR PRESENT TENSE ENGLISH VERBS

• These verbs tell you what is happening right now, at this moment.

• Subject + Verb= Blanca likes the lesson.• For regular verbs- he, she, and it will add an “s” to the verb

example” Juan plays cards.• For regular verbs- I, you, they, and we will NOT an “s”,

example- We jump into a puddle.

1. I ___________ the bag of potato chips.

2. Keyri ___________ the problem to her friend.

3. Inthansay ___________ around the yard.

4. Guillermina ____________ the new movie with Martin.

5. Henry ___________ up the mountain with his new boots.

6. Karla ____________ the letter from her friend.

watches

want walks explains

hikesopens

REGULAR PAST TENSE ENGLISH VERBS

• These verbs tell you what happened in the past.• Subject + Verb + “ed”= Glenda liked the lesson.• HINT on pronunciation

• if the verb ends in “t” or “d”, “ed” will say ed/• if the verb ends in “b”, “g”, “l”, “m”, “n”, “r”, “v”, “w”, “y”,

“z”, “ed” will say /d/• if the verb ends in “c”, “f”, “k”, “p”, “ph”, “s”, “x”, “ed” will

say /t/

1.Angelo ________ a question. (ask)

2.Nibras ________ her friend figure out the problem. (help)

3.Gerardo _________ the broken refrigerator. (fix)

4.Jessica __________ the game with her friends. (play)

5.Rodrigo __________ at the game on TV. (yell)

6.Edith ___________ the punching bag. (punch)

REGULAR FUTURE TENSE ENGLISH VERBS

• These verbs tell you what will happen in the future.

• Subject + will + Verb = Isaela will like the lesson.

1. Roberto will finish painting the table.

2. Yanira will close the window if it rains.

3. Mauricio will cook some popcorn.

4. Rosina will camp in the tent.

5. Pedro will talk about his trip to the beach.

6. Elsy will bake brownies for her children.

Circle the verb in the sentence

Past Present Futureliked like/likes will like

played play/plays will play

jumped jump/jumps will jump

watched watch/watches will watch

wanted want/wants will want

opened open/opens will open

walked walk/walks will walk

hiked hike/hikes will hike

explained explain/explains will explain

asked ask/asks will ask

helped help/helps will help

fixed fix/fixes will fix

yelled yell/yells will yell

punched punch/punches will punch

finished finish/finishes will finish

Past Present Futureclosed close/closes will close

cooked cook/cooks will cook

camped camp/camps will camp

baked bake/bakes will bake

typed type/types will type

rubbed rub/rubs will rub

promised promise/promises will promise

planned plan/plans will plan

worked work/works will work

washed wash/washes will wash

hopped hop/hops will hop

shouted shout/shouts will shout

pulled pull/pulls will pull

pushed push/pushes will push

danced dance/dances will dance

Verbs that end in “y”

Past Present Future

dried dry/dries will dry

hurried hurry/hurries will hurry

enjoyed enjoy/enjoys will enjoy

tried try/tries will try

worried worry/worries will worry

married marry/marries will marry

carried carry/carries will carry

stayed stay/stays will stay

Write about how you made your ice cream sundae…

• I put _______________

• I like _______________

• I don’t like ___________________

• I wanted _________________

• I didn’t want _________________

• My favorite topping was ____________

I have, who has…? Game

Regular Verb Board Game• use the penny to flip heads or tails• heads= move 1 space, tails= move 2 spaces

• create a sentence using the verb • use the dice to roll which tense • 1 or 4= present tense (add “s” for he, she, or it!)

• 2 or 5= future tense (add will before verb)• 3 or 6= past tense (add “ed” to the end)

“You say, I draw” Game

I will draw a subject of your choice on the board (an animal, a place, a person, etc.) and you tell me what they are doing! Get

creative and silly!

http://www.englishtenses.com/

Great website resource for the different English tenses