SIMPLE TENSES

Prepared by: Ms. Roann M. Baleza

 REVIEW
What is a verb?
What are the different simple
tenses of the verb?
What is a Present Tense?
Give sample sentences using the
present tense of the verbs.
 Study the following sentences:
1. The god Captan planted a reed.
2. One day, Sicalac wanted to marry
Sicavay, for there were no other
people in the world.
3. Sicalac and Sicavay decided to ask
advice from the tunas of the sea, the
doves of the air, and the earthquakes
of the underworld about their
marriage.
 Simple Past Tense
Used to denote past action
Time expressions used:
yesterday
a year ago
earlier
last week
last month
last year
 More examples

We visited one
provincial hospital for
our Religious Education
course last week.
 More examples

We visited one
provincial hospital for
our Religious Education
course last week.
 More examples

We visited one
provincial hospital for
our Religious Education
course last week.
 Study the following sentences.

The Philippines will host an

international environmental
forum in 2018.
Mark will attend an international
conference on E-learning in Spain
in 2020.
 SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
used to express future action
Time expressions used:
tomorrow
later
next week
next month
next year
Dont forget to bring
your umbrella for it
will rain tomorrow.
Dont forget to bring
your umbrella for it
will rain tomorrow.
Dont forget to bring
your umbrella for it
will rain tomorrow.
 Practice Exercise

DIRECTIONS: Identify the

appropriate form of the
verb for each of the
following sentences.
1. Ana (participates,
participated, will
participate) in the
Leadership Training held
last month.
1. Ana participated
in the Leadership
Training held last
month.
2. Typhoon Ondoy (devastates,
devastated, will devastate) Metro
Manila and Southern Luzon last
September 26, 2009, leaving a death
toll of more than two hundred and a
olarge part of Metro Manila
submerged in floodwater.
2. Typhoon Ondoy devastated Metro
Manila and Southern Luzon last
September 26, 2009, leaving a death
toll of more than two hundred and a
olarge part of Metro Manila
submerged in floodwater.
3. Cecille (attends,
attended, will
attend) a meeting
this afternoon.
3. Cecille will attend
a meeting this
afternoon.
4. I (go, went, will go)
to my dentist last
week for dental
filling.
4. I went to my
dentist last week for
dental filling.
5. Sheila (discloses,
disclosed, will disclose)
her secret to her best
friend, Michael,
tomorrow night.
5. Sheila will disclose her
secret to her best friend,
Michael, tomorrow
night.
Seatwork

Copy and answer the

following exercises in
your English
notebook.
Seatwork
I. DIRECTIONS: Complete
the following sentences
with the past form of the
verb in parentheses.
1. Melchora Aquino ______ (grow) up in
Balintawak.
2. She ______ (know) no other in her
youth, I her maturity, and old age.
3. During the revolution, she ______ (take)
care of the wounded Katipuneros and
______ (feed) them.
4. She ______ (open) her home to them.
5. Se often _______ (speak) to their
Supremo, Andres Bonifacio.
II. DIRECTIONS: Answer each of the
following questions using the future
tense form of the verb and
appropriate time expressions.
tomorrow next week
tomorrow morning next weekend
tomorrow afternoon next month
tomorrow evening next year
tonight on Sunday
in ten minutes in thirty minutes
one hour from now in two days
in three days
Example:
Question: When will you go to
South Korea?
Answer: I will go to South Korea
next year.
1. When will you finish your Science
project?
2. When will I get my ticket to
Boracay?
3. When will Ms. Roann get married?
4. What time will the Nutrition Month
Program start?
5. Will you join the basketball try-out
tomorrow?
What have you
learned from our
lessons today?