Is the sentence in the past, present or future tense?

key notes :

✨Verb Tenses 📝

What is Tense? 🤔

👉 Tense tells us when an action happens (time of the verb).

Types of Tenses ⏳

🔵 Past Tense (Yesterday/Before)

• Action that already happened.
• 📝 Example: She played football. ⚽

🟢 Present Tense (Now/Today)

• Action happening right now or something true always.
• 📝 Example: She plays football. ⚽

🟠 Future Tense (Tomorrow/Later)

• Action that will happen in the future.
• 📝 Example: She will play football. ⚽

Clue Words 🕵️‍♀️

• ⏮ Past ➝ yesterday, last week, ago
• ⏺ Present ➝ now, today, always, every day
• ⏭ Future ➝ tomorrow, next week, will, shall

Quick Trick 🎯

• If you see -ed ➝ 👉 Past (walked, played)
• If you see is/are + verb-ing ➝ 👉 Present (is running, are reading)
• If you see will/shall ➝ 👉 Future (will eat, shall go)

Examples 🌈

• 🕒 Past: Raju watched TV yesterday. 📺
• 🕒 Present: Raju watches TV every day. 📺
• 🕒 Future: Raju will watch TV tomorrow. 📺

💡 Remember:

Past = Already happened ✅
Present = Happening now ⏺
Future = Yet to happen ⏭

Let’s practice!🖊️