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Date: _____________
I is and have always be the
Mistress of all evil!
Maleficent, the Villainous of Verb Tense
Understanding the three simple tenses, or _______________________, of a verb is not difficult. A verb is
either in the ____________ tense, the _____________ tense, or the _______________ tense.
Present tense:
A present tense verb expresses an action that is going on now or shows something that happens regularly.
Goons search the village to find Princess Aurora.
Past tense:
A past tense verb expresses an action that happened in the past. Many past tense verbs end in –ed.
Maleficent placed a curse on the infant princess.
Future tense:
A future tense verb states an action that will take place in the future. Often a helping verb (will, shall,
could) helps a verb show the future tense.
The princess will die when she touches the spinning wheel on her sixteenth birthday.
Practice
Write the past and future tenses of the following verbs:
Infinitive
1. is
2. cast
3. drive
4. start
5. transform
6. sound
7. take
8. laugh
Past
Was
Casted
Future
will be
will drive
Rewrite this sentence by changing the verb to the tenses listed. Change any other words as necessary, but
keep the meaning of the sentence.
1. Present: The three good fairies try to stop Maleficent.
Past:___________________________________________________________
Future:_________________________________________________________
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Practice makes better. Not perfect but better.
1. Complete the table
Present
Past
Future
travel
Loved
will pay
Sold
will fly
walk
2. Underline the verb in each sentence and then rewrite the sentence by changing the verb to the
tenses listed. Change any other words as necessary, but keep the meaning of the sentence.
Present: Maleficent’s raven, Diablo soars to the Forbidden Mountain.
Past:________________________________________________________________
Future:______________________________________________________________
Present:______________________________________________________________
Past: Princess Aurora loved Prince Phillip.
Future:______________________________________________________________
Phillip, I
will love
you,
always!
Present:______________________________________________________________
Past:________________________________________________________________
Future: At the end of the movie, Phillip will fight a dragon.
Present: Phillip dances with Auroa in the woods.
Past:________________________________________________________________
Future:______________________________________________________________
Present:______________________________________________________________
Past: The goons scurried in all directions.
Future:______________________________________________________________
Present:______________________________________________________________
Past:________________________________________________________________
Future: Maleficent will laugh uproariously.
HW1
Name: __________________
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Date: _____________
Verb tense continued…
Yesterday we learned about _________________ verb tense, today we are going to look at
_______________ verb tense. As with simple verb tense, perfect verb tense deals with time: past, present
and future.
Present Perfect Tense:
Shows action that began in the past and continues or is completed in the present.
The story “Sleeping Beauty” has been my one of my favorites since I was a child.
(add “has” or “have” to the verb)
Past Perfect Tense:
Shows action that began and ended in the past.
Until I was six, Maleficent’s transformation into a dragon had frightened me.
(add “had” to the verb)
Future Perfect Tense:
Shows action that will begin and end in the future.
After tonight, I will have seen the movie fifty-seven times.
(add “will have” to the verb)
Practice:
Complete the table.
Present Simple
hear
be
continue
tell
find
fight
lose
Present Perfect
have heard
has been
Past Perfect
had heard
Future Perfect
will have heard
Fill in the blanks with the correct perfect verb form.
1. Aurora _________________ for some time how her prince will find her. (present perfect)
(wonder)
2.
Maleficent _________________ to be invited to Aroura’s birthday. (past perfect)
(hope)