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What is a tense?

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A tense is a grammatical term that indicates the time of an action or state of being, such as past, present, or future.

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What is the Past Tense?

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The past tense describes actions that have already happened. Example: 'I walked to the store.'

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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: 'I walk to the store.'

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What is the Future Tense?

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The future tense describes actions that will happen later. Example: 'I will walk to the store.'

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

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Present Tense

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Identify the tense: 'They played soccer yesterday.'

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Past Tense

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Identify the tense: 'We will go to the park tomorrow.'

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Future Tense

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What is the structure of a simple past tense verb?

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A simple past tense verb often ends in -ed for regular verbs. Example: 'play' becomes 'played.'

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What is the structure of a simple present tense verb?

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A simple present tense verb uses the base form of the verb. Example: 'I play soccer.'

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What is the structure of a simple future tense verb?

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A simple future tense verb uses 'will' + base form of the verb. Example: 'I will play soccer.'