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Verbs Express Time

                                                       I have
                                   I will             eaten fish
               I wrote          study math
             a letter last       in college.         many times.
               week.                                     I am
                                    I                  repairing
             I will be a       have lived in          the locker.
             sixth grader       Miami many
              next year.          years.              every day.
                                                       I work
                                  I am
                I eat
                                  taking
              breakfast          a break.            I will go on
                early.
                                                      a vacation
             I have started      I was very           next week.
                                 hungry last
              piano lessons.
                                   night.
                                                       I ate
              I am eating          I am a             yesterday.
                                                        fish
                                    great
               breakfast
                                   swimmer.
                 now.
                                Now: Present Tense
                Andy: I eat        Jake: I am a       Mr. Smith: I work
              breakfast early.    great swimmer.         every day.
                              Now: Present Continuous
            Andy: I am   eating      Jake: I am        Mr. Smith: I am
              breakfast now.      taking   a break.       repairing
                                                         the locker.

                               Yesterday: Past Tense

              Andy: I wrote         Jake: I was       Mr. Smith: I ate
               a letter last      very hungry last     fish yesterday.
                  week.                night.


                             Yesterday: Present Perfect

               Andy: I have          Jake: I have     Mr. Smith: I have
              started piano        lived in Miami        eaten fish
                 lessons.           many years.         many times.


                              Tomorrow: Future Tense

             Andy: I will  be    Jake: I will study  Mr. Smith: I will go
              a sixth grader     math in college.      on a vacation
                next year.                               next week.
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