Past, Present, and Future Tense

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What is the present tense?

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The present tense describes actions that are currently happening or are habitual. Example: 'She runs every day.'

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What is the past tense?

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The past tense describes actions that have already happened. Example: 'He walked to school yesterday.'

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What is the future tense?

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The future tense describes actions that will happen later. Example: 'They will play soccer tomorrow.'

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Identify the verb tense: 'She is reading a book.'

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Present tense.

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Identify the verb tense: 'I will eat dinner later.'

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Future tense.

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Identify the verb tense: 'They played outside last week.'

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Past tense.

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What happens if verb tenses are mixed in writing?

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Your readers will be confused and the timeline of your writing will go wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey.

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Fill in the blank with the correct present tense verb: 'He _______ to the store every Saturday.'

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goes.

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Fill in the blank with the correct past tense verb: 'They _______ a movie last night.'

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watched.

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Fill in the blank with the correct future tense verb: 'I _______ my homework tomorrow.'

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will finish.