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VERB TENSE RAP Chorus Do it, Im doing it, I have done it Past, present, and future, without it Im done with Sit back as RRR presents This knowledge which could be common sense Its verb tenses!
Verse I You use it all the time and probably do not realize So here we go lets unfold It right before your eyes The suspense and mystery of verb tense Might seem overwhelming until we make sense of it But once we do youre going to love it! Youll be running around, trying it out in public Its not that hard, there are just some things you got to know Like when to use what tense, so here we go
With no delay, no more further ado I proudly present to you verb tenses Through a series of sentences Thatll help you run through what the business is And then youll learn it with the quickness So just hold on to your britches! Cause were about to get in it, get with it Were going to begin with the simplest, come on! Chorus
Verse II Were going to discuss three forms of tenses That enable you to construct unlimited sentences Simple, perfect, progressive, and then were done So lets begin the lesson and have some fun I ran, I run, and I will run around a city block But if I dont have the proper tense, Ill never stop So if I ran yesterday, thats simple And if I run on Monday, thats simple If I will run on Sunday, then thats simple The past, present, and future tense with simple Verb tense, and now Since we get that lets jump that fence To the next form that well do The perfect tense is number two And its just as easy as the first one So lets continue on until were done Chorus
Verse III In the perfect tense, you must add One of these words: has, have, or had Like, Before last month, I had rapped. Thats an example of a perfect past tense And I have rapped everyday since. Thats present perfect, its happening, hence: I will have rapped and thats future So now we move on to progressive, straight like a ruler And now everybody can follow me And all you really need Is an -ing See, thats at the end of a verb The action is continuous if thats whats heard And if I was running, thats progressive past But since I am running You do the math! And without you Ill be running till I just fall out But you know your verb tenses, so you can call out, Stop! Chorus
Verb Tense
The Importance of Time
Verb tense expresses the time of an event or action. Time and how it is expressed in writing is very important to English readers. The English language has twelve different tenses.
Snow falls in the December in Minnesota. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
She is typing a paper for her class. He cant talk. He is fixing the sink right now.
I attended MJC in 1998. (I no longer attend MJC.) I saw a movie every weekend when I was a teenager. (I dont see movies very much anymore.)
I was studying for an exam while my mother was cooking dinner. We were walking in the park around 7 p.m. last night.
I was taking a bath when the doorbell rang. They were eating dinner when the neighbors stopped by for a visit.
He has lived in Modesto for two years. (He began living in Modesto two years ago and he still lives there.)
I have seen that movie before. He has already visited Vietnam. (Specific dates and times are not mentioned.)
He has been studying grammar for an hour. She has been cooking all day. (He is still studying and she is still cooking.)
She has been living in Taiwan for the last two months, but she plans to move soon.
The Titanic had received many warnings before it hit the iceberg. I had already eaten when my friend stopped by to visit.
She had been driving around the city for three hours before she finally found the right office.
The Future
Will and be + going + to are often used to describe future actions.
The Future
The simple present and present progressive are also used to express future time. These are often used used in connection with schedules.
She is meeting a new client at eleven oclock. The train leaves at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow.
I will be teaching ESL 40 at 10 a.m. tomorrow. They will be moving their furniture out of the house by the time you arrive tomorrow.
We will have finished the exam by the time class ends tomorrow.
By the time he finishes law school, we will have been living in the U.S. for eight years.
Using the as your guide & the table below, form the different tenses of the following verbs.
1. drive 2. play 3. write
Past
Simple Progressive Perfect Perfect Progressive
Present
Future