Verb Forms Action Words in present and past

Verb Forms Action Words in present and past tense

For the next two slides (slides 3 and 4), those verbs are common words that you must know by now.

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past be Sheila is … daily was Participl e had been Plural Present be They are … weekly were have been

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past do Sheila does … daily did Participl e eat Wayne eats … weekly ate have eaten Quinn goes … fortnightly went have gone Vera has … monthly had have had go have had done

For the next slide (slide 6), change the ‘i’ to ‘u’

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past di g A mole digs all the time dug Participl e swing He swings …. all the time swung had swung stick The glue sticks stuck have stuck had dug

For the next two slides (slides 8 and 9), take away one vowel

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past bite Rhonda bites … daily bit Participl e hide Janlia hides … weekly hid have hidden slide William slides … fortnightly slid has slid lead George leads … monthly led have led had bitten

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past feed Wren feeds … daily fed Participl e meet Charles meets … bi-monthly met has met had fed shoot Phoebe shoots … annually shot had shot choose Eugene chooses … yearly chose had chosen

For the next two slides (slides 11 and 12), change the ‘ake’ to ‘ook’ or ‘oke’

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past take Amelia takes … daily took Participl e shake Owen shakes … annually shook have shaken wake Crystal wakes … fortnightly woke have woken make Ruth makes … weekly made have made had taken

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past break Henry breaks … everyday broke Participl e speak Ginny speaks … every night spoke have spoken steal Leon steals … every evening stole has stolen stand Leon stands … every evening stood has stood had broken

For the next two slides (slides 14 and 15), change the ‘eep’ to ‘ept’

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past creep It creeps all the time crept Participl e keep She keeps … every Monday kept have kept sweep He sweeps … every dawn swept has swept weep Keith weeps … every afternoon wept had crept

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past sleep It sleeps all the time slept Participl e feel She feels … every Tuesday felt have felt kneel He kneels … every night knelt has knelt had slept

For the next three slides (slides 17, 18 and 19), the verb remains unchanged un

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past cut It cuts all the time cut Participl e put She puts … every Friday put have put shut He shuts … fortnightly shut has shut hurt had hurt Keith hurts … everyday had cut

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past hit It hits all the time hit Participl e let She lets … every Friday let have let read He reads … fortnightly read has read spread had spread Keith spreads … every dusk had hit

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past beat He beats … every dawn beat Participl e burst She bursts … every Friday burst had beaten have burst

For the next two slides (slides 21 and 22), change the verbs to ‘ought’ or ‘aught’

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past bring Timothy brings … daily brought Participl e had brought Oprah buys … annually bought have bought Pamela catches … fortnightly caught have caught fought have fought buy catch fight Zack fights … weekly

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past think Frasier thinks … daily thought Participl e had thought teach Yvonne teaches … everyday taught have taught

For the next slide (slide 24), change the ‘y’ to ‘id’

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past say A child says … daily said Participl e pay The boss pays … monthly paid have paid lay A hen lays … fortnightly laid have laid had said

For the next two slides (slides 26 and 27), change the ‘d’ to ‘t’

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past Participl e spend bend He spends … monthly She bends … daily spent have spent bent had bent lend Simon lends … fortnightly lent have lent send Joanne sends … weekly sent have sent

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past Participl e lose smell build He loses … monthly She smells … daily He builds … monthly lost have lost smelt had smelt built have built

For the next two slides (slides 29 and 30), change the ‘i’ to ‘a’

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past drink That man drinks all the time drank Participl e sink The gold sinks …. all the time sank had sunk ring A phone rings rang have rung sing He sings … every dawn sang has sung had drunk

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past begin The day begins began Participl e swim That person swims …. all the time swam had swum sit The elderly man sits … daily sat have sat gave has given give He gives … every time had begun

For the next slide (slide 32), change the ‘i’ to ‘o’

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past ride That girl rides … daily rode Participl e rise The sun rises from the east rose had risen write An author writes wrote have written shine The lighthouse shines … every night shone has shone had ridden

For the next slide (slide 34), change the ‘o’ to ‘e’

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past blow He blows … daily blew Participl e grow A baby grows … daily grew had grown know She knows knew had known throw It throws … daily threw had thrown had blown

For the next slide (slide 36), change the ‘ell’ to ‘old’

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past tell He tells … daily told Participl e sell A shop sells … daily sold had sold freeze Water freezes at zero degrees froze had frozen forget The lady forgets … daily forgot had forgotten had told

For the next slide (slide 38), change the ‘a’ to ‘o’

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past tear He tears … daily tore Participl e wear She wears … daily wore had worn draw The boy draws … all the time drew had drawn fly A bird flies flew had flown had torn

For the next slide (slide 40), these are verbs with special verb forms. Memorise them!

Simple Singular Simple Past Present Past leave He leaves … daily left Participl e lie She lies on her side daily lay had lain light It lights up … all the time lit had lit find He finds found had found hear She hears heard had left

Simple Past Tense spoke speak did do studied study lived live heard hear

Simple Past Tense was is won win swam swim represented represent were are

Simple Past Tense woke wake missed miss ran run tripped trip fell fall

Simple Past Tense stank stink reached reach scolded scold tease bought buy

Simple Past Tense knocked knock dropped drop felt feel cried cry went go

Simple Past Tense found find feed threw throw came come ate eat

Simple Past Tense took take slept sleep bite sang sing flew fly