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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV- A CALABARZON
Division of Batangas
Lemery Pilot Elementary School
Atienza St., Bagong Sikat, Lemery, Batangas

Name: ___________________________________________________
Grade & Section:__________________________
Date: _____________________________
Tenses of Verbs
Week 2

You must have learned in the past that verbs have tense. The tense of
the verb is used to show time. It may be present tense, simple past tense, or
simple future tense of verbs.
Verb tense helps you express when an event takes place. Regular verbs
follow regular patterns when shifting from present to past tense. Irregular verbs
do not follow regular, predictable patterns when shifting from present to past
tense. Using consistent verb tense is a key element to effective writing.
After the lessons in this activity sheet, you are expected to use the
correct time expression to tell an action in the present, past, and future
Learning Task 1: Read the poem, “Our Vacation”. Encircle the verbs used
in the poem.
Our Vacation
By: Mark Fil L. Tagsip

We always go to our farm,

every vacation for a sunny warm.
But mama tells us this time not to come,
for a virus spreads everywhere – a harm.

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Before, we enjoyed the carabao’s ride.

We even played then the hide and seek and hide.
However, we also helped our parents in the farm’s tasks,
and we planted fruit seeds for future crops.

How we wish to have a world of no CoViD!

In the future, we are going to hear again the humming of birds.
We will go back soon to the farm that we once enjoyed.
We are going to feel again the normal life of nothing to avoid.
Source: English – Grade 3, Alternative Delivery Mode

B. Write a short paragraph of at least 3-5 sentences about your family’s

unforgettable vacation. Do this on a separate sheet of paper.

Learning Task 2: Read the sentences carefully then encircle the letter of
the correct answer to complete the sentences.
1. Roy ___ around the town every morning.
A. jog B. jogs C. will jog
2. Doma and Aira ___ gracefully during the program yesterday.
A. dance B. danced C. dances
3. The teachers ______ modules for the learners last summer.
A. made B. makes C. will make
4. Ms. Ivy ______our test papers this morning.
A. return B. returned C. will return
5. President Rodrigo Duterte ____ his cabinet members on next Friday.
A. meet B. meets C. will meet

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Read, Study and Learn

Do you play as a kid? How do you play? When and where should you
play? Let’s read about the story of Boyet and let’s try to find out what
happened when he was playing.

Boyet hurt himself when he was playing. He said, “please help me

get to the clinic!”
One of his group mates rushed to carry him and laid him on a bed.
“I’m afraid I might have broken my arms,” Boyet said.
“Put your things down, relax, breath and smile,” his friend Rene said.
“Hand me your project so you won’t be late on passing them, “I will pass
it to teacher Vilma, he added.”

Here are some questions for you to read and answer orally.
1. Who was hurt in the story?

2. When was he hurt?

3. Who helped him rushed to the clinic?

4. What did Rene do for Boyet?

5. What lesson can we get from the story of Boyet?

6. What are the verbs used in the story?

Let’s go back to the story that you read. The following is a list of words
taken from the story.
Read:
hurt carry will pass
help breathe rushed
get smile added
What do we call these words? We call these words verbs or action words.
These words show actions that’s why they are called action words.
Other examples:

dance walk read shout sing

Source: pinterest.com
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Tenses of Verbs
A. Past Tense of the Verb
Read the following sentences:
1. He played with his friends in the yard.
2. They talked until dinner time.
3. He cleaned the clock which chimed ten times.
4. He worked fast on his homework.
5. Slick walked fast forward to school.
➢ What do the underlined words tell?
➢ What part of speech are these underlined words?
➢ When do you think these actions happen?

Remember:

- Verbs are words that indicate action. ‘Tense’ in grammar means ‘time’;
thus, tenses of the verb indicates the time when an action or event
occurs, or when a state or process holds.
- The past tense of the verb indicates the action that happened in the
past. It is usually followed by the time expressions, ‘yesterday, hours ago,
while ago, last month, or last week.
- There are two kinds of past tense: Regular and Irregular past tense of the
verbs
Regular verbs these are verbs that form their past tense by adding
–d or –ed.
*We add –d when the verb ends with e.
Examples: dance – danced
She danced gracefully last Christmas party.
smile- smiled
He smiled at me.
*We add –ed when the verb ends with a consonant.
Examples: work – worked
He worked hard for his family before.

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walk – walked
They walked from home to school yesterday.
More examples:
Present Past
want wanted
start started
borrow borrowed
treat treated
scold scolded
reveal revealed
escape escaped
repair repaired
scale scaled
blurt blurted
Irregular Verbs- these are verbs that change their spelling to form
their past tense.
Examples:
Little Jose read a lot of books.
He drew pictures.
He wrote poems.
* read, drew, and wrote are action words that tell what happened in
the past. But they do not end in –d or –ed.
* They change their spelling in the past form except for read which
remains the same.
Examples:
Present Past
buy bought
teach taught
pay paid
sell sold
break broke

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write wrote
sing sang
keep kept
build built

B. Present Tense of the Verb

This is used to express an action that happens habitually or regularly.
(habitual action)
Read the sentences.
1. Ada brushes her teeth.
2. She prepares her bag every morning.
3. The children go to school early morning.
4. I walk to school every day.
5. They help the teacher.
*What words tell what the persons do?
brushes, prepares, go, walk, and help.
*What kind of words are they?
-They are called action words or verbs.
Remember:
- Verbs are words that indicate actions.
- The simple present tense of the verb is used to express habits, general
truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes,
to give instructions or directions, and to express fixed arrangements,
present or future.
- Regular verbs form their present tense by adding –s or –es.
- We add –s or es if the subject is Singular and a third person.
Examples:
cook-cooks She cooks every day.
eat-eats Carlos eats at the canteen every lunch break.
walk-walks Marian walks to school every day.
go-goes He goes to church every Sunday.

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- Use the original or base form of the verb if the subject is plural.
Example:
Roy and Tim run in the race during intramurals every year.

C. Future Tense of the Verb

Simple future tense describes an action that will happen in the future. It
is the verb tense that is used to talk about things that haven’t happened yet.
Usually, in the simple future tense, we use “will” to indicate future and
followed by the base form of a verb, or [am/is/are] + going to + [base form of
a verb]. The form will be “will + verb” like “will write” or “is + going to + write
like “is going to write.”
Study the following sentences:
1. I will encourage them to observe proper waste disposal.
*This sentence used will and base form verb encourage.
2. I am going to start it by myself.
*This sentence used am going to and base form verb start.
3. I am going to help maintain cleanliness here- at home and in
school.” Rico said proudly.
*This sentence used am going to and base form verb help.
Time markers can be used in telling future actions. The following are
examples of time markers.
1. today 5. day after tomorrow
2. this morning/afternoon 6. next week/month/year
3. tonight
4. tomorrow
Examples:
1. I will encourage them to observe proper waste disposal this
afternoon.
2. I am going to help maintain cleanliness here- at home and school
this tomorrow.

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Learning Task 3A: Write the correct past tense of the verb inside the
parenthesis to complete the sentence. Write your answers on the blanks
provided.
1. My mother (cook) ______dinner for us yesterday.
2. He (smile)________ at me an hour ago.
3. I love how he (paint)______ the wall the other day.
4. She (join)_______ the contest last month.
5. Two days ago, Joan (move)______ this cabinet easily.
Learning Task 3B: Give the past tense of the verb as shown in the
picture. Using the past tense of the verb, make a sentence based on the
picture.
1. _____________________________________________________
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www.pngtree.com

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2.
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www.hiclipart.com
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3.
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www.clipartkey.com

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4. _____________________________________________________
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www.dreamstime.com

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Learning Task 4A: Encircle the correct verb to complete the sentence.
1. Jimmy (play, plays) sipa very well.
2. Anne (brush, brushes) her teeth every day.
3. The cows (eat, eats) the grass.
4. Melba (write, writes) his diary every night.
5. The athletes (run, runs) as fast as they can.

Learning Task 4B: Read the poem. Underline the verbs used.
“Household Chores”
Who washes the dishes?
Sister washes the dishes
Where is she?
She is in the kitchen.

Who cooks the meals?

Mother cooks the meals
Where is she?
She is in the kitchen?

Who feeds the pet?

Brother feeds the pet.
Where is he?
He is in the farm?

Who waters the plants?

Father waters the plants?
Where is he?
He is in the garden.

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Learning Task 5: You know now that simple future tense describes an
action that will occur in the future. It uses “will + base form of the verb” and
“is/are/am going to + base form of the verb.”
Complete the given sentences with the correct form of verbs inside the
parenthesis.
1. Sooner or later, people __________ the consequences of their actions.
(realize)
2. Rico ____________ his classmates the importance of having a clean
environment next week. (tell)
3. He ____________ them realize the bad effects of those garbage during
heavy rains the day after tomorrow. (make)
4. Mother _____________ Rico how to segregate waste from biodegradable to
non-biodegradable tonight. (show)
5. Rico _____________ with himself the changes he wants people to observe
tomorrow. (start)

Learning Task 6: Write a sentence using the time expression given and
the verb that is enclosed in the parenthesis. Observe the correct tense of the
verb.
1. last night (dance)- _____________________________________________________
2. every day (eat)- ________________________________________________________
3. tomorrow (climb)- _______________________________________________________
4. an hour ago (talk)- ______________________________________________________
5. next week (start)- ________________________________________________________

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Learning Task 7: Look at the picture below. Give at least 5 sentences and
observe the use of the proper tense
of the verb.

Source: https://www.gettyimages.com

Remember Me!

Verbs come in three tenses: past, present, and future. The past is used to
describe things that have already happened (e.g., earlier in the day,
yesterday, last week, three years ago). The present tense is used to describe
things that are happening right now, or things that are continuous. The future
tense describes things that have yet to happen (e.g., later, tomorrow, next
week, next year, three years from now).

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Learning Task 8: What could your future be? How do you foresee your
life15 years from now? Be creative and widen your aspirations as you journey
to the road of the future. Write at least 5 sentences using either “will + base
form of the verb” or “am + going to + base form of the verb”.

Reflection: Write your personal insights about the lesson using the prompts
below:
I understand that ____________________________________________________
I realize that _________________________________________________________
I promise that ________________________________________________________

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