Grammar Level 3- Lesson 27- English Verb Tenses
In this grammar lesson, you learn about English Verb Tenses and how to use it in your English conversation and writing. Just follow English verb tenses examples and write them down a few times to learn them very well. After finishing this lesson, you should work on its quiz.
Grammar Recap
In our previous lesson, we covered the Eight Parts Of Speech If you just landed on this page, we suggest that you complete our previous lesson including its quizzes before continuing on this lesson.
Requirement Lessons
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English Verb Tenses Examples
Before you move on to the next grammar Level, it will be helpful for you to study all the verb tenses that are used in English. Some of these verb tenses are more useful than others, but at least you should be able to identify the verb tense that you see in sentences or questions. Let’s start with the regular verb “learn.”
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| I learn | We learn |
| You learn | You learn |
| He learns | |
| She learns | They learn |
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I learned
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We learned
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You learned
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You learned
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He learned
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She learned
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They learned
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It learned
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I will learn
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We will learn
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You will learn
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You will learn
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He will learn
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She will learn
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They will learn
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It will learn
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I am learning
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We are learning
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You are learning
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You are learning
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He is learning
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She is learning
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They are learning
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It is learning
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I was learning
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We were learning
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You were learning
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You were learning
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He was learning
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She was learning
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They were learning
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It was learning
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I will be learning
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We will be learning
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You will be learning
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You will be learning
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He will be learning
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She will be learning
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They will be learning
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It will be learning
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I have learned
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We have learned
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You have learned
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You have learned
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He has learned
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She has learned
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They have learned
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It has learned
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I had learned
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We had learned
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You had learned
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You had learned
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He had learned
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She had learned
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They had learned
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it had learned
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I will have learned
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We will have learned
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You will have learned
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You will have learned
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He will have learned
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She will have learned
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They will have learned
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It will have learned
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I have been learning
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We have been learning
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You have been learning
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You have been learning
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He has been learning
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She has been learning
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They have been learning
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It has been learning
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I had been learning
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We had been learning
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You had been learning
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You had been learning
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He had been learning
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She had been learning
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They had been learning
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It had been learning
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future perfect continuous tense
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I will have been learning
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We will have been learning
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You will have been learning
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You will have been learning
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He will have been learning
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She will have been learning
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They will have been learning
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It will have been learning
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modal verbs: ______ learn
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past tense modal: ______ have learned
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infinitive: to learn
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gerund: learning
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English Verb Tenses Exercises
Directions: Write the main verb using the correct tense.
learn
1. She _________ something new today. (past)
2. They _______ _________ many new things in class recently. (present perfect)
3. I ________ ________ how to speak English. (future)
4. You ________ _________ how to play that song on the piano, but then you forgot it. (past perfect)
5. The class ________ ________ about conjugating verbs when the bell rang. (past continuous tense)
Quiz for Verb Tenses
Now that you learned your new lesson, it is time to go to the Verb Tenses page and finish your quiz. While working on your quiz, you can always go back to its lesson to refresh your memory.
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Next Grammar Lesson
In our next lesson, we will cover the Irregular Verbs in English Before moving to the next lesson, we suggest that you complete this lesson including its quizzes.
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