EVELYN B. PACULAN

You have learned previously that verbs express an action or a state of being.

When they express an action, verbs show a physical manifestation of the action

which you can often see or witness like eat, jump, or shout. When verbs express a

state of being, you will notice that the verbs are in the form of is, are, was, were, and

these do not directly show a physical action but describes a state of being or

condition.

In addition to the action they express, you have also seen in your previous

lessons that verbs also give an idea about the time by which the action takes place.

This action takes place in three different perspectives of time: present, past, and

future. The verb is in the present tense if the action or condition, or state of being

takes place or exists at the moment of speaking. On the other hand, the verb is in

the past tense if the action or condition, or state of being took place or existed

sometime in the past such as an hour ago, yesterday, last week; and it is in the

future tense if the action or condition will happen in the future such as later,

tomorrow, or next year.