Verb Tense Review Sheet

(TESOL Worksheet--Verb Tenses General)
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[A standard focus on form sheet.  Perhaps a little bit pedantic, but the assumption is that if I was going to do a boring  focus on form lesson, than the least I could do was make it more interactive instead of just giving the students the structure.  This should be divided into two handouts, where the *********** appear, a question sheet, and then an answer sheet to be given out later.]

Directions: Put the words below into the appropriate box.  Some words you will use more than once.

am, are, base form of the verb (V1), be-verb (present tense), be-verb (past tense), been, has, have, is, past form of the verb (V2), past participle (V3), verb+ing, was, were

Present Simple

The present simple is formed using:

Past Simple

The past simple is formed using:

Present Perfect Simple

The present perfect simple is created by using:

Present Continuous

The present continuous is created using:

Past Continuous

The past continuous is created using:

Present Perfect Continuous

The Present Perfect Continuous is created using:

Present Simple Passive

The present simple passive is created using:

Past Simple Passive

The past simple passive is created using:

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Answers:

Present Simple

The present simple is formed using:

Base Form of the Verb (V1)

Examples: eat, learn

Write your own example here _____________

Past Simple

The past simple is formed using:

                                                                           

Past form of the verb (V2)

Examples: ate, learned

Your Example _______________________

Present Perfect Simple

The present perfect simple is created by using:

    

have	past participle (V3)
has

have learned, has learned

have eaten, has eaten

Example___________

Present Continuous

The present continuous is created using:

Be Verb (Present Tense)			V+ ing
am	is	are

am eating, are eating, is eating

am learning, are learning, is learning

Example_______________________

Past Continuous

The past continuous is created using:

Be Verb (Past Tense)		V+ing
was	were

was eating, were eating

was learning, were learning

Example_________________________

Present Perfect Continuous

The Present Perfect Continuous is created using:

have	been	V+ing
has

have been eating, has been eating

 have been learning, has been learning

Example: ___________________________________

Present Simple Passive

The present simple passive is created using:

Be Verb (Present Tense)			past participle (V3)
am	is	are

am eaten, is eaten, are eaten,

am learned, is learned, are learned

Example:______________________________

Past Simple Passive

The past simple passive is created using:

Be Verb (Past Tense)		past participle (V3)
was	were

was eaten, were eaten

was learned, were learned

Example:_______________________