Forming Verb Tenses for Regular Verbs

Mrs. Zakrewski

7th Grade Language Arts

To form the PRESENT TENSE…use the base form of

the verb.Examples: complain, worry,

enjoy, save

PRESENT TENSE VERBS are verbs that are existing or

happening now.

To form the PAST TENSE…add

d or ed to the base form of the verb.

Examples: complained, worried, enjoyed, saved

PAST TENSE VERBS are verbs that are existing or happening in

the past.

To form FUTURE TENSE verbs…

use will with the base form of the word.

Examples: will complain, will worry, will enjoy, will save

FUTURE TENSE VERBS are existing or happening in the

future.

To form the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE…use

have or has with the past form.

Examples: has complained, have worried, has enjoyed, has

saved

The PRESENT PERFECT TENSE are verbs that are existing or

happening sometime before now.

Examples: We have dreaded this for a long time.

He has complained about the ride often.

To form the PAST PERFECT

TENSE…use had with the past form.

Examples: had complained, had worried, had enjoyed, had

saved

PAST PERFECT TENSE VERBS are verbs that are existing or

happening before a specific time in the past.

Examples: Until today, we had dreaded this for weeks.

To form FUTURE PERFECT

TENSE VERBS…use will have or shall have with

the past form.Examples: Fred will have been

here six times.We shall have enjoyed ourselves

immensely!

FUTURE PEFECT TENSE VERBS are existing or

happening before a specific time in the future.

The End!