04: English Grammar: Verbs

Lesson 1 – Verb Tenses
Exercise 1
Directions: In each of the following sentences, a verb is underlined. Using clues from the meaning of the sentence, decide whether the tense of the verb is correct or incorrect. If it is incorrect, decide what verb tense would be correct, and rewrite the sentence.
1. I am a student at the Henderson Academy; I study
there for the past two years.
2. By the time of our arrival in Houston next Sunday, we have traveled
3. Before he sprained his ankle, Charles exercises over five hundred miles. in the weight room three times a week.
4. When she applied for her job at the airline, Diane stated that she had served
5. Last month, Luis has captured in the U.S. Air Force. his third consecutive championship in a college swim meet.
Lesson 2 – Irregular Verbs Conjugations of the Verb “To Be”
present tense
I am -> we are
you are -> you are
he / she / it is -> they are

past tense
I was -> we were
you were -> you were
he / she / it was -> they were

future tense
I will be -> we will be
you will be -> you will be
he / she / it will be -> they will be

present perfect tense
I have been -> we have been
you have been -> you have been
he / she / it has been -> they have been

past perfect tense
I had been -> we had been
you had been -> you had been
he / she / it had been -> they had been

future perfect tense
I will have been -> we will have been
you will have been -> you will have been
he / she / it will have been -> they will have been