COMPOSE CLEAR AND

COHERENT SENTENCES
USING GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURES: SIMPLE
TENSES OF THE VERB
GIOVANI G. MACARIOLA
Direction: Read each sentence carefully. Choose the correct form of
the verb inside the parenthesis. Write your answers on your answer
sheet

1. Every summer Efraem and Hannah (visit, visited, will

visit) their relatives in Bohol.
2. In April and May 2020, they (fail, failed, will fail) to
visit them because of the corona virus.
3. The fear of corona virus (makes, made, will make) them
stay at home in the last few months.
4. Nowadays, Efraem always (spends, spent, will spend)
his time helping his father in the farm.
5. Since he is not used to working in the farm, he easily
(gets, got, will get) tired every now and then.
6. He (takes, took, will take) a rest thrice a week.
7. On the other hand, Hannah (focuses, focused, will
focus) her attention on her garden.
8. She (adds, added, will add) to her collection of
ornamental plants every other day.
9. In the next few months, her garden (becomes, became,
will become) an attraction in the locality.
10. Efraem and Hannah (look, looked, will look) forward
to the end of the pandemic so they can once again visit
their relatives in Bohol.
Directions: Read each sentence carefully. Fill in each blank
with the correct form of the verb provided before each
number. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

wake wake
1. Jane and Jasmine __________ up early
every day.
go 2. They immediately ___________ to their
garden every morning.
pick 3. They__________ fresh flowers quite
regularly.
take 4. Jane often _________ these fresh
blooms to the chapel.
keep 5. On the other hand, Jasmine _______
the chapel clean and orderly each day.
become 6. Visiting the chapel every day
_________ a part of the two girls’
routine.
continue 7. In fact, they ________ to do the same
activities in the next few months.
Improve 8. Besides maintaining the
cleanliness and orderliness of the
chapel, the girls _____ also its front area
soon.
collect 9. Actually, they already
____________ more varieties of
flowering plants two days ago.
make 10. For sure, these simple good acts
they do every day, ______ them
happy and fulfilled as persons.
PRESENT TENSE
1. Laiden cooks food for the whole family every day.

PAST TENSE
2. Laiden cooked food for the whole family yesterday.

FUTURE TENSE
3. Laiden will cook food for the whole family tomorrow.
PRESENT TENSE
1. Kian, the younger brother, sets the table before every
meal.

PAST TENSE
2. Kian, the younger brother, set the table this morning.

FUTURE TENSE
3. Kian, the younger brother, will set the table later.
PRESENT TENSE
1. Her sister washes the dishes every after meal.

PAST TENSE
2. Her sister washed the dishes a while ago.

FUTURE TENSE
3. Her sister will wash the dishes tonight.
PRESENT TENSE
1. Mother buys fruits and vegetable for the whole week in
the market every Wednesday.

PAST TENSE
2. Mother bought fruits and vegetable for the whole week
in the market last Wednesday.

FUTURE TENSE
3. Mother will buy fruits and vegetable for the whole
week in the market on Wednesday.
PRESENT TENSE
1. Father prepares special dinner for us every Saturday.

PAST TENSE
2. Father prepared special dinner for us last Saturday

FUTURE TENSE
3. Father will prepare special dinner for us on Saturday.
Take note of the following underlined words in the
sentences above.
A B C
cooks cooked will cook
sets set will set
washes washed will wash
buys bought will buy
prepares prepared will prepare
 The words in set A are examples of verbs in the simple
present form.

 The words in set B are examples of verbs in the simple

past form.

 The words in set C are examples of verbs in the simple

future form. Notice how will is added to the base form
of the verb.
Directions: Copy the following sentences on your one-half
paper. Encircle the verb/verbs and write whether it is
present, past or future at the end of each sentence.
1. Everybody struggles to live a new normal life.
2. Life remains beautiful to live.
3. The officials of local government unit of Patnongon
committed themselves to fight against COVID-19.
4. They started implementing the national Executive
Orders in the middle of March,2020.
5. The group of benevolent people will distribute food packs
in the remote barangays next week.
6. Senior citizens and children shall stay home to keep
themselves safe.
7. They remain very supportive to the government.
8. The children thought of doing other productive activities.
9. Jane spent her leisure time knitting for these past few
weeks.
10. Johnny will help mother this week to pack relief goods for
their relatives in the province.
1. Simple present form expresses actions that are done
regularly. It is also used to tell general truth or facts.

To use the simple present form of the verb, you need

to note whether the subject is singular (only one) or
plural (more than one).
 When the subject of the sentence is singular, add -s
or -es to the base form of the verb.
 When the subject of the sentence is plural, use the
base form for the verb.
Examples:
1. Mary goes (go + es) with her friends to pick up colorful
stones in the river every Saturday afternoon.
 In this sentence, the subject is Mary which is
singular. The verb used is goes which is the
singular form of the verb go.
2. The girls attend their baking class twice a week.
 In this sentence, the subject is girls which is plural.
The verb used is attend which is the base form of
the verb.
2. Simple past form of the verb is used to express past
actions. Time expressions like yesterday, a year ago,
last night, etc. can be used to show definite past time
actions.

Here are the rules in forming the simple past:

 Regular verbs form the past by adding d or ed to
the base form of the verb whether the subject is
singular or plural.
Example:
1. The girl attended her baking class a week ago.
 In this sentence, the subject is girl which is singular.
The verb used is attended which is in past form.
2. The girls attended their baking class a week ago.
 In this sentence, the subject is girls which is plural.
The verb used is also attended which is in past form.
 Most irregular verbs have different spellings in the past
form. Study the list given in the next pages.
 A few verbs have the same past form as their base form.
Remember the following examples.

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST

beat beat
bet bet
cost cost
cut cut
hit hit
hurt hurt
let let
put put
shut shut
Example:
1. Mary went (go) with her friends to pick up colorful
stones in the river yesterday afternoon.
2. The girls thought (think) of sorting out the stones
according to colors.
3. They took (take) some that have shades of green, red
and white.
1. Simple future form of the verb is used to express
actions to be done sometime in the future. It is formed
using will/shall + base form of the verb whether the
subject is singular or plural.
Examples:
1. Mary will go with her friends to pick up colorful
stones in the river tomorrow afternoon.
 In this sentence, the subject is Mary which is
singular. The verb used is will go.
Examples:
2. The girls will attend their baking class next week.
 In this sentence, the subject is girls which is plural.
The verb used is will attend.
Here is a list of verb forms used in sentences in the present,
past or future tense:
A. Regular Verbs
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
add added will add
agree agreed will agree
bake baked will bake
believe believed will believe
carry carried will carry
change changed will change
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
describe described will describe
donate donated will donate
enjoy enjoyed will enjoy
believe believed will believe
carry carried will carry
change changed will change
enrol enrolled will enrol
finish finished will finish
fix fixed will fix
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
gather gathered will gather
greet greeted will greet
improve improved will improve
install installed will install
harvest harvested will harvest
help helped will help
join joined will join
jump jumped will jump
kiss kissed will kiss
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
kneel kneeled will kneel
laugh laughed will laugh
live lived will live
match matched will match
memorize memorized will memorize
notice noticed will notice
nourish nourished will nourish
obey obeyed will obey
offer offered will offer
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
paint painted will paint
perform performed will perform
qualify qualified will qualify
question questioned will question
receive received will receive
rave saved will save
serve served will serve
talk talked will talk
taste tasted will taste
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
unite united will unite
use used will use
visit visited will visit
vote voted will vote
wait waited will wait
walk walked will walk
yawn yawned will yawn
yell yelled will yell
zip zipped will zip
B. Irregular Verbs
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
awake awoke will awake
begin began will begin
bite bit will bite
break broke will break
bring brought will bring
catch caught will catch
come came will come
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
choose chose will choose
do did will do
draw drew will draw
drink drank will drink
drive drove will drive
eat ate will eat
fall fell will fall
find found will find
fly flew will fly
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
forget forgot will forget
give gave will give
go went will go
grow grew will grow
hang hung will hang
hide hid will hide
hold held will hold
keep kept will keep
know knew will know
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
lay laid will lay
lead led will lead
leave left will leave
lie lied will lie
lose lost will lose
make made will make
meet met will meet
read read will read
ride rode will ride
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
ring rang will ring
rise rose will rise
run ran will run
say said will say
see saw will see
sing sang will sing
sit sat will sit
speak spoke will speak
stand stood will stand
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
swim swam will swim
teach taught will teach
tear tore will tear
throw threw will throw
wear wore will wear
win won will win
write wrote will write