verb tenses

Past Perfect Tense
"had" + past participle
- example: had barked (regular verb)
- had sung (irregular verb)
Present Perfect Tense
"has" or "have" + past participle
- Example: has barked (regular verb)
- has sung (irregular verb)
Future Perfect Tense
"will have" + past participle
- Example: will have barked (regular verb)
- will have sung (irregular verb)
Past Progressive Tense
"was" or "were" + "ing"
- Example: was barking (regular verb)
- was singing (irregular verb)
Present Progressive Tense
a present verb "to be" + "ing"
- example: is barking (regular verb)
- is singing (irregular verb)
Future Progressive Tense
"will be" + "ing"
- Example: will be barking (regular verb)
- will be singing (irregular verb)
Past Emphatic Tense
"did" + verb
- example: did bark (regular verb)
- did sing (irregular verb)
Present Emphatic Tense
"do" or "does" + verb
- example: do bark (regular verb)
- do sing (irregular verb)

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verb tenses

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How to figure out how to make different tenses of a verb.

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2010-04-20T23:17:07Z

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