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    Verb Tenses Tell Us When Things Happen. Events Can Happen in The Past Present Future

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    Verb tenses indicate when events occur in the past, present, or future. The past tense is used for events that have already happened. The present tense describes ongoing or current events. The future tense signifies events that have yet to take place. The document provides examples of sentences written in the past, present, and future tenses and asks the reader to identify the tense of additional sentences.

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    Verb Tenses Tell Us When Things Happen. Events Can Happen in The Past Present Future

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    Verb tenses indicate when events occur in the past, present, or future. The past tense is used for events that have already happened. The present tense describes ongoing or current events. The future tense signifies events that have yet to take place. The document provides examples of sentences written in the past, present, and future tenses and asks the reader to identify the tense of additional sentences.

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    Verb tenses indicate when events occur in the past, present, or future. The past tense is used for events that have already happened. The present tense describes ongoing or current events. The future tense signifies events that have yet to take place. The document provides examples of sentences written in the past, present, and future tenses and asks the reader to identify the tense of additional sentences.

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    Verb Tenses Tell Us When Things Happen. Events Can Happen in The Past Present Future

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    Verb tenses tell us when things happen.

    Events can happen in the


    Past
    Present
    Future
    The Past

    This is when an event has already happened.

    I walked across to buy some sweets from the


    shop.
    I shouted to my brother in the playground.
    I ran down the lane with the dog.
    The Present

    This is when an event is actually happening.

    I am walking across to buy some sweets from


    the shop.
    I am shouting to my brother in the playground.
    I am running down the lane with the dog.
    The Future

    This is when an event has not taken place


    yet.

    I will walk across to buy some sweets from the


    shop.
    I will shout to my brother in the playground.
    I will run down the lane with the dog.
    Look at each of these sentences and
    decide what tense it has been written in.
    We went for a walk.

    George will rush into school today.

    City beat United 6-0 last week.


    Lucy will be driving me to school today.

    I am smelling my supper cooking in the


    kitchen.

    Shelley will be coming for lunch on


    Sunday.
    Can you make the following sentences
    into the past, the present and the future
    tense?
    I like going to Manchester with my Mum.

    I like going to Manchester with my Mum. PRESENT


    I liked going to Manchester with my Mum. PAST
    I will like going to Manchester with my Mum. FUTURE
    I will laugh at the clown in the circus.

    I am laughing at the clown in the circus. PRESENT


    I laughed at the clown in the circus. PAST
    I will laugh at the clown in the circus. FUTURE

    I swam in the pool on Wednesday.

    I am swimming in the pool on Wednesday. PRESENT


    I swam in the pool on Wednesday. PAST
    I will swim in the pool on Wednesday. FUTURE
    Remember!
    Whenever you are writing you should try
    to stay in the same tense all the way
    through.

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