Shifting Tenses in English

Let’s practice some English speaking and tense shifting! 🙋🏻‍♀️
♻️ Remember that the more you speak English, the better you get at it - just like any other skill, practice makes perfect!
Key terms:
a dandelion
🌬️ blow on (base form) ➡️ blew on (past form) ➡️ blown on (past participle)
🎉 pop (base form) ➡️ popped (past form and past participle)
✨ make a wish
seed (base form) ➡️ seeded (past form and past participle) = go to seed; shed seed
🔆When a dandelion “seeds,” it means it releases its fluffy seeds into the air to spread and grow in new places.
pick (base form) ➡️ picked (past form and past participle)
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Tenses used:
Simple present: This is a dandelion.
Simple future: I’m gonna blow on it.
Simple past: I blew on a dandelion. - I forgot to make a wish. - The dandelion I just blew on
Past perfect: had already seeded
Simple past: when I picked it
Present perfect: These dandelions, however, haven’t seeded yet.
Simple present: Dandelions always pop in springtime.
Simple present: Do you ever blow on dandelions in spring?
Present perfect: Have you blown on one this spring?
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