Verb to noun
Present tense
Present tense
Past tense
Past tense
100

I love going to soccer ____ ( practice) 

I love going to soccer practice.

100

I ____(live) in Honduras. 

I live in Honduras 

simple present: when the action is happening right now or when it regularly happens.


100

She ___ (go) to work every day. 

She goes to work every day.

present simple: habitual action

form: 3rd person so add s/es to verb 

100

My dog Amber ____ ( die) 6 years ago.

My dog Amber died 6 years ago.

present simple: completed action 

form : verb + ed 

100

I ____( visit) my uncle last week.

I visited my uncle last week. 


past simple because it shows a completed past action. 

form: verb + ed

200
He is a good ___ ( swim) 
​​​​He is a good swimmer. 
200

I love your nails, you ____ ( changed) them since I last saw them. 

I love your nails, you have changed them since I last saw them. 

present perfect: have/has + past tense of the verb 

200

They ____ (run) at this moment. 

They are running at this moment. 

present continuous: currently happening right now.

form: am/are + verb + ing 

200

I ____ (sell) my clothes to my friends.

I sold my clothes to my friends.

past tense: 

form: verb + ed ( this is an irregular)

200

They ___ (watch) a TV series yesterday.

They watched a TV series yesterday. 

simple past: shows a completed action

form: verb + ed

300

The seamstress took my _____ ( measure) so she could alter my pants.

The seamstress took my measurements so she could alter my pants.

300

Why _____ ( you/look) at me weirdly?

Why are you looking at me weirdly?

present continuous: event that is currently happening

form ( to be = am/are) + verb+ ing 

300

We _____ (prepare) for the hurricane right now.

We are preparing for the hurricane right now. 

present continuous: currently happening right now 

form: are/am + verb + ing 

300

My mom ____ ( buy) my brother a new phone for Christmas. 

My mom bought my brother a new phone for Christmas.

Past simple: completed action 

form: verb+ ed ( this verb is an irregular) 

300

They ___ ( study) at 8 pm last night for the test.

They were studying at 8 pm last night for the test. 

past continuous: shows a past action that has been interrupted or an action that no longer occurs.

form: were/ was + verb+ ing

400

When she dyed her hair it changed her ______ (appear)

When she dyed her hair it changed her appearance.

400

You look so different since I last saw you, your hair _____(grow) very long!

You look so different since I last saw you, your hair has grown very long!


present perfect: related to the past and connected to the present.

form: have/has + past tense of verb

400

We _____( not see) that movie yet.

We haven't ( have not) seen that movie yet. 

Present perfect is related to them not seeing the movie in the past which means that in the present they have also not watched the movie.

Form it using ( have/has ) + past tense of the verb

400

By the time I got home, my brother ___ ( leave)

By the time I got home, my brother had left

past perfect because shows one event happened before another event. 

form (had) + past tense verb

400

We ____ ( walk) to the beach when it started to snow.

We were walking to the beach when it started snowing. 

past continuous: shows a past action that has been interrupted or an action that no longer occurs.

form: was/were + verb + ing

500

My mom is my role model and an ____ ( inspire) to me. 

My mom is my role model and an inspiration to me.

500
What ____ ( you/do) for a job this year?

What are you doing for a job this year?


present continuous: ongoing action 

form: am/are + verb + ing 

word order is slightly different because it is a question

500

____( you/ever/try) sushi?

Have you ever tried sushi?

The present perfect because asking if they have had sushi in the past is related to the present moment when the question is asked. 

form: questions are made slightly differently but you still use have/had + past tense of the verb... the difference is the subject goes between rather than at the beginning of the sentence.

500

She____ (walk) the dog while her brother ____ (brush) his teeth.

She was walking the dog while her brother was brushing his teeth. 

past continuous: shows a past action that has been interrupted or an action that no longer occurs.

Usually can tell its past is continuous because you can see the word "when" or "while" to show the action was interrupted.

500

She ___ ( not/eat) dinner before she watched a movie.

She hadn't (had not) eaten dinner before she watched a movie. 


Past perfect: shows that one action happened before another happened. 

form: had + past tense of verb

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