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Yellow Level

Lesson Twenty-seven:

English Verb Tenses

 

Before you move on to the Purple Level, it will be helpful for you to study all the verb tenses that are used in English. Some of these verb tenses are more useful than others, but at least you should be able to identify the verb tense that you see in sentences or questions. Let’s start with the regular verb "learn."

learn

singular plural
I learn We learn
You learn You learn
He learns  
She learns They learn
It learns  

singular
plural
I learned
We learned
You learned
You learned
He learned
She learned
They learned
It learned

singular
plural
I will learn
We will learn
You will learn
You will learn
He will learn
She will learn
They will learn
It will learn

singular
plural
I am learning
We are learning
You are learning
You are learning
He is learning
She is learning
They are learning
It is learning

singular
plural
I was learning
We were learning
You were learning
You were learning
He was learning
She was learning
They were learning
It was learning

singular
plural
I will be learning
We will be learning
You will be learning
You will be learning
He will be learning
She will be learning
They will be learning
It will be learning

singular
plural
I have learned
We have learned
You have learned
You have learned
He has learned
She has learned
They have learned
It has learned

singular
plural
I had learned
We had learned
You had learned
You had learned
He had learned
She had learned
They had learned
it had learned

singular
plural
I will have learned
We will have learned
You will have learned
You will have learned
He will have learned
She will have learned
They will have learned
It will have learned

singular
plural
I have been learning
We have been learning
You have been learning
You have been learning
He has been learning
She has been learning
They have been learning
It has been learning

singular
plural
I had been learning
We had been learning
You had been learning
You had been learning
He had been learning
She had been learning
They had been learning
It had been learning

future perfect continuous tense

singular
plural
I will have been learning
We will have been learning
You will have been learning
You will have been learning
He will have been learning
She will have been learning
They will have been learning
It will have been learning
modal verbs: ______ learn
past tense modal: ______ have learned
infinitive: to learn
gerund: learning

Practice write by hand

Directions: Write the main verb using the correct tense.

learn

1. She _________ something new today. (past)

2. They _______ _________ many new things in class recently. (present perfect)

3. I ________ ________ how to speak English. (future)

4. You ________ _________ how to play that song on the piano, but then you forgot it. (past perfect)

5. The class ________ ________ about conjugating verbs when the bell rang. (past continuous tense)

Click here to learn how to form the negative.

Next: Lesson Twenty-eight