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SKILLS-I
LECTURE-3
WEEK-2
Topic- TENSES
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What you’ll learn
PAST
REGULAR IRREGULAR
PAST TENSE
• Regular verbs: The regular verbs form their
past by adding –ed or –d to the base form.
pass passed
cough coughed
smile smiled
PAST TENSE
• Irregular verbs formed the past by using a
different vowel sound in the past form from
the vowel used in the base form.
BASE FORM PAST FORM
dig dug
freeze froze
ring rang
see saw
PAST TENSE
• Some verbs have a vowel change but add a –t
rather than –ed or –d
think thought
PAST TENSE EXERCISE
• She (study) English last night.
• She (clean) the classroom yesterday.
• They (play) football in the field yesterday.
• Johan (see) a crocodile in the river yesterday.
• He (not study) English last night.
• They (not clean) class room yesterday.
ANSWERS
• She studied English last night.
• She cleaned the classroom yesterday.
• They played football in the field yesterday.
• Johan saw a crocodile in the river yesterday.
• He did not study English last night.
• They did not clean class room yesterday.
FUTURE TENSE
• Future tense states when some future action will
take place.
• The future tense is formed by the present form of
the helping verb will, followed by a verb in its
base form.
Eg: (a) The meeting will be tomorrow at four.
(b) I will see you there later.
(c ) I will go to museum tomorrow.
(will in italics, base verbs in bold)
EXERCISE
Fill the gaps with simple future:
1) I guess I (ride) _______ _______ the bus to save gas.
2) The cookies are all gone. (buy) _______ you _______
some, please?
3) Listen, team: we (win) _______ _______ the trophy
this year!
4) Everyone is hungry. I (get) _______ _______ some
doughnuts for breakfast.
5) Peter, (fix) _______ you _______ the porch tomorrow?
THE PROGRESSIVE
The progressive is being used to emphasize that
the action of the verb is in progress ongoing at
a particular moment of time.
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
PAST PROGRESSIVE
FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
The present progressive is formed by the
present tense of the verb be followed by a
verb in the present participle form: