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| The past tense is most commonly used for writing stories. It gives the best sense of order to a situation because it lets people know when/how things happened. It also means that at the end of the paragraph that section of the story has been completed. | The past tense is most commonly used for writing stories. It gives the best sense of order to a situation because it lets people know when/how things happened. It also means that at the end of the paragraph that section of the story has been completed. | ||
| - | In past tense words that are conveying actions usually do not end with "s". (So for example you might write: "They ran to the store." you would not write "They runs to the store.") | + | In past tense words that are conveying actions (verbs) usually do not end with "s". (So for example you might write: "They ran to the store." you would not write "They runs to the store.") |
| You could also write "They had gone to the store" or "They were at the store" because "had" and "were" are the past tense forms of "have" and "be". | You could also write "They had gone to the store" or "They were at the store" because "had" and "were" are the past tense forms of "have" and "be". | ||
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| ===== Present ===== | ===== Present ===== | ||
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| - | ===== Comparison ===== | + | |
| + | ===== (Sample) Verb Comparison tables ===== | ||
| ^ Verb - To Run ^^^^ | ^ Verb - To Run ^^^^ | ||
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| + | ^ Verb - To Jump ^^^^ | ||
| + | ^ Subject ^ Past ^ Present ^ Future ^ | ||
| + | | I | jumped | am jumping | will jump | | ||
| + | | you | jumped | are jumping | will jump | | ||
| + | | He/She | jumped | is jumping | will jump | | ||
| + | | We | jumped | are jumping | will jump | | ||
| + | | They | jumped | are jumping | will jump | | ||
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| + | ^ Verb - To Shoot ^^^^ | ||
| + | ^ Subject ^ Past ^ Present ^ Future ^ | ||
| + | | I | shot | shoot | will shoot | | ||
| + | | you | shot | shoot | will shoot | | ||
| + | | He/She | shot | shoots | will shoot | | ||
| + | | We | shot | shoot | will shoot | | ||
| + | | They | shot | shoot | will shoot | | ||
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| + | ===== Sample sentences in each tense ===== | ||
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| + | Here are some sentences in each tense showing how to use them. | ||
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| + | ^ Past ^ Present ^ Future ^ | ||
| + | | I came over earlier today | I'm coming over. | I will come over tomorrow | | ||
| + | | I shook the juice | I'm shaking the juice | I'll shake the juice later | | ||
| + | | I stood onto the ledge | I'm standing on the ledge | I'll stand on the ledge after a bit | | ||
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