PAST TENSE 1. The children played last week.FUTURE TENSE 2. The Filipino athletes will run next month.PRESENT TENSE 3. My teacher teaches everyday.PRESENT TENSE 4. The police officers protect all the time.PAST TENSE 5. She smiled last night. When we say present tense, it is the action that is happening now or in the present. Meanwhile, past tense is the action that is already finished or happened before. And, lastly, future tense is the action that has not happened yet but will still happen.