Tenses
We use verbs in various forms to express time.
Past Tense- I was a baby.
- I had no teeth.
- I could not speak.
- I am a boy.
- I am seven years old.
- I can speak now.
- I will become a doctor.
- I will treat the patients.
- I will help others.
Present Tense
- I learn grammar.
- He plays cricket.
- Lalita reads stories daily.
The verb learn, plays and reads show the action that happen in the present time. They are in the present tense.
Past Tense
- Sania played tennis last Friday.
- Yesterday I bought new clothes.
- We ate pizza today.
The verb play, bought and ate tell us about the actions that happened sometime in the past. They are in the past tense.
To make the past tense form of most verbs we add -d or -ed to them.
- cook - cooked
- wash - washed
- twinkle - twinkled
- raise-raised
All verbs do not change into their past tense form by adding -d or -ed. Some verbs take a special form when they are used in the past tense.
| Present | Past |
|---|---|
| bring | brought |
| eat | ate |
| keep | kept |
| come | came |
| tell | told |
| get | got |
| say | said |
| take | took |
| stand | stood |
| go | went |
| sleep | slept |
| catch | caught |
| teach | taught |
| send | sent |
| know | knew |
| make | made |
| ring | rang |
| run | ran |
| write | wrote |
| meet | met |
| leave | left |
| buy | bought |
| sit | sat |
| hide | hid |
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