Verbs
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the provided handout.
VERBS
A verb is a word that expresses
action, being or state of being.
Action verbs: travel, ski, kick, hit
Being/state of being verbs: is, are,
was, were, be
Verbs have four main parts:
Present tense—the base form of the verb
(ex. LOOK at me.)
Present participle—the base form of the verb with
-ING added
(ex. He is LOOKING at me.)
Past tense—the base form of the verb with –ED added
(ex. He LOOKED at me.)
Past participle—the past tense of the verb with
HAVE/HAS/HAD in front of it
(ex. He had LOOKED at me.)
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
How do you form the PRESENT
PARTICIPLE for regular verbs?
What is the present participle of the
verb WATCH?
PAST and PAST PARTICIPLE
For regular verbs, form the PAST and PAST
PARTICIPLE by adding –ED to the present tense
of the verb. PAST PARTICIPLES also get
HAS/HAVE/HAD added in front.
Example of PAST TENSE: Decorate/decorated,
travel/traveled, dress/dressed
Example of PAST PARTICIPLE: study/has studied,
answer/had answered, vacuum/have vacuumed)
So…what is the PAST PARTICIPLE of the verb
WATCH?
IRREGULAR VERBS
Some verbs are IRREGULAR, and you
cannot add –ED to them to turn them into
the past tense.
Example: SWIM/SWAM/HAS SWUM,
EAT/ATE/HAS EATEN
VERB PHRASES
A VERB PHRASE consists of a main verb and one or more
other verbs, called AUXILIARY VERBS.
Example (auxiliary verbs underlined):
The women ARE SINGING.
The ocean IS ROARING.
The students ARE HELPING TO DECORATE the halls.
IS DOING homework fun?
We WILL BE GOING to the Bahamas for Christmas.
VERB TENSE
Verb tenses are necessary because they tell
the time of action or being.
(What are the verbs in the previous sentence?)
(ARE NECESSARY and TELL.)
The three simple verb tenses are PAST, PRESENT
and FUTURE.
VERB TENSES
PRESENT TENSE verbs tell what is happening
now.
PAST TENSE tells about something that happened
before now.
PAST TENSE tells about something that will
happen.
AUXILIARY VERBS
Auxiliary means HELPING or SECONDARY. Auxiliary verbs are like
the IS in “He is eating.” Eating is the main verb, telling the main
action, and is just helps out.
In the future tense, the AUXILIARY VERBS are WILL and SHALL.
Example: We WILL be going to the Bahamas for Christmas.
WILL you sing in the concert tomorrow?
(In the previous question, what is the main verb?)
(SING)