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Target 4: Verbs and the Tenses
Task 1 1 point
A. Complete these tables of irregular verbs.
PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE
It lies down. It lay down. I catch the ball. I caught the ball.
She sits here. The baby sleeps.
We run home. The bell rings.
I pay the bill. I write poetry.
It takes time. I cut the rope.
You swim fast. He speaks Urdu.
Alia meets me. Sue leaves home.
B. The verbs in the sentences below are all in the present tense. Rewrite the
sentences, putting all the verbs in the past tense and then in the future tense.
Here are two examples to guide you:-
PRESENT TENSE: She talks to you. PRESENT TENSE: She is talking to you.
PAST TENSE: She talked to you. PAST TENSE: She was talking to you.
FUTURE TENSE: She will talk to you.
FUTURE TENSE: She will be talking to you.
1. PRESENT TENSE: Mr Chan mends computers and sells software.
PAST TENSE:..................................................................................................................
FUTURE TENSE:.............................................................................................................
2. PRESENT TENSE: Lee says that he wants to be in our team.
PAST TENSE: .................................................................................................................
FUTURE TENSE: ............................................................................................................
3. PRESENT TENSE: The work is hard and I am tired.
PAST TENSE: .................................................................................................................
FUTURE TENSE: ............................................................................................................
Did you answer all the questions correctly? If not, find the right form of the verbs and correct
your work.
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