Example of Verb Tense Developmental Order Early Developing “-ing” verbs: present participles such as eating, running, drawing; “-ed” verbs: regular past tense verbs such as played, opened; “-s” verbs: third person, regular present tense verbs such as walks, eats Later Developing future tense: will play, will be playing, can play tomorrow, going to play (“gonna” play), will soon be playing, irregular past tense: ate, ran, drew, taught, kept, spoke, thought, heard, etc. Advanced verb phrase with one auxiliary verb: various tenses such as can eat, am walking, were eating, will eat, have been, have gone, etc. Verb phrase with two or more auxiliary verbs: future tense and perfect tenses (past, present, or future) such as should be eating, could have been eating, would have wanted to be, had been playing, etc. Basic Verb Tense Worksheets and Activities Previews – Click on picture to view a small preview of each activity. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)(7) (8)(9) (10)(11) (12) Documents – Click on Doc or PDF to download worksheets in preferred format.