Unit-4 Flashcards
(17 cards)
What does the term ‘tense’ refer to in a sentence?
The time when the action takes place: past, present, or future.
Which tense is the most used tense?
Simple tense.
What are regular verbs?
Verbs that follow a standard pattern in their simple past, present, and future tense forms.
How do you form the simple past tense for regular verbs that end in a consonant?
Add –ed to the present tense form.
How do you form the simple past tense for regular verbs that end in a vowel?
Add –d to the present tense form.
Provide an example of a regular verb in the simple past tense.
Jumped.
How do you form the simple future tense?
Add the helping verb form ‘will’ to the present tense form.
Provide an example of a verb in the simple future tense.
Will jump.
What are irregular verbs?
Verbs that have no regular pattern when changing from present tense to past tense.
What is the past tense of the verb ‘go’?
Went.
What is the future tense of the verb ‘tell’?
Will tell.
Fill in the blank: The past tense of ‘drive’ is _______.
Drove.
True or False: All verbs follow the same pattern when forming past and future tenses.
False.
List three examples of regular verbs.
- Want
- Jump
- Share
What is the past tense of the verb ‘throw’?
Threw.
What is the future tense of the verb ‘become’?
Will become.
Fill in the blank: The past tense of ‘swear’ is _______.
Swore.
