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Verb Form Example

1. Infinitive Form To write

2. Present Tense I write

3. Past Tense I wrote

4. Past Participle Written

5. Present Participle Writing

 VerbForm
Verb Form ToBe
To Be To Eat To Drink To Rise

1. Infinitive
1. Infinitive Form
Form To be To eat To drink To rise

2. Present Tense I am I eat I drink I rise

3. Past Tense I was I ate I drank I rose

4. Past Participle Been Eaten Drunk Risen

5. Present Participle Being Eating Drinking Rising

Present Tense Past Tense

May Might

Can Could

Shall Should

Will Would

Has Had
Should have gone

PAST
Will decide

PRESENT
Will have been

PRESENT
Might have been

PAST
Can promise

PRESENT
Shall see

PRESENT
Would have visited

PAST
Will not be going

PRESENT
Had danced

PAST
Has danced

PRESENT
Had already chosen

PAST
Has been practicing

PRESENT
Should be arriving

PAST
Has seen

PRESENT
 Can a sentence include
more than one tense?

Yes, of course.

Yesterday I ate ramen,

today I eat ramen,
and tomorrow I will eat more ramen.
Formula: Have + Past Participle

Example: Has seen, Had seen,

Will have seen
Past Perfect Present Perfect Future Perfect

Had studied Has studied Will have studied

Had eaten Has eaten Will have eaten
Had visited Has visited Will have visited
Had been Has been Will have been
Had felt Has felt Will have felt

Had thought Has thought Will have thought

1. Before Another Action
By the time he became president, he had been a
senator for 10 years.
2. Completed Actions
I have already taken Geometry.
3. All My Life
I have lived in Diamond Bar all my life.
4. No Sooner
No sooner had I gotten in bed than the phone rang.
PAST Perfect
By the time I turned 9, I had already learned to ski.
Before I went to Hawaii, I had never seen a white sand beach.
I only understood the movie because I had read the book.

Write 3 sentences.
1. By the time I turned 5, I had already _________.
2. Before I went to ________, I had never ___________.
3. I only passed the test because I had ______________.
FUTURE Perfect
By 10 p.m. tonight, I will have finished my homework.
By next fall, I will have been in high school for 3 years.
Before class ends, I will have taken the quiz.

Write 3 sentences.
1. By 10 p.m. tonight, I will have _________________.
2. By next fall, I will have ______________ for _________.
3. Before class ends, I will have ____________.
 I have already read that book.
I have been to Disneyland 5 times.

Write 3 sentences.
1. I have already _____________.
2. I have _____________ many times.
3. I have _____________ over 100 times.
I have been a runner all my life.

Write 3 sentences.
1. I have _____________ my whole life.
2. My mother has _______________ all her life.
3. My best friend has ________________ all his/her life.
No sooner had I arrived at home than it started to rain.
No sooner had I started the project than my friend called.

Write 3 sentences.
1. No sooner had I __________ than the __________.
2. I had no sooner __________ than the __________.
3. No sooner had we __________ than the __________.
1. We ______________
have not upgraded our computer
(not upgraded) since 2005.
our computer since
2005.
2. We updated the operating system last July, but the
2. We updated
computer thecrashed
has operatingseven
system last July,
times since but the
then.
computer __________ (crash) seven times since then.
3.
3. II installed
installedaanewnewanti-virus
anti-virus last
last month,
month, butbut
thethe problem
problem
has been (be)
_________ eveneven
worse since
worse then.
since then.
4. In the
the last
last12
12months
monthsI _______________
I have thought about (thought)simply
about
simply
throwing throwing the computer
the computer away.away.
5.
5. The
The situation
situation __________
has not (not
improvedimproved)
at all, at
andall,
weand we
dont
dont know what to do.
know what to do.
1. When he ______________
became President
(become)
in 2010,President
he had been
in 2010,
a Senator
he for
two years.
__________________ (be) a Senator for two years.
2. By the time they _______________
found his body, he
(find)
hadhis
been
body,
deadhe for an hour.
_______________ (be) dead for an hour.
3. By the time the pizza arrived, they had been waiting for over
3. By
three
thehours.
time the pizza _______________ (arrive), they
___________________ (wait) for over three hours.
4. He had hoped to get the job, but then he learned that it had
4. He
been
_______________
given to someone
(hope)
else.
to get the job, but then he
________________ (learn) that it had been given to someone
5. Before I went to Italy, I had never tasted such delicious ice
else.
cream.
5. Before I ____________ (go) to Italy, I ____________(taste, never)
such delicious ice cream.
6. She __________________
scored a 800 on the (score)
SAT English
a 800section
on the SAT
because
English
she had
memorized
section because
all the
shegrammar
________________
rules. (memorize) all the
grammar rules.
7. They felt bad about selling the house because they had owned
7. it
They
for 40
________________
years. (feel) bad about selling the house
because they ________________ (own) it for 40 years.
8. By the time Jocelyn finished her studies, she had lived in
8. London
By the time
for over
Jocelyn
2 years.
_________________ (finish) her studies, she
________________ (live) in London for over 2 years.
9. I didnt want to list my previous landlord because I had had
9. some
I __________________
problems with him.
(want, not) to list my previous landlord
because I _________________ (had) some problems with him.
10. By the time they got married in 2012, they had been together
10. for
By the
2 years.
time they _________________ (get married) in 2012, they
___________________ (be) together for 2 years.