Final Flashcards
What is a verb
Action
4 inflections Most of verbs take
Third person singular, present tense form
Past tense form
Present participle
Past participle
What is third person singular, present tense form
Adds -s
He WALKS to school everyday.
The verb call mom when it takes the -s, goes after the third person singular subject for example he, she, it, Tom. The sentence for this form usually appears describes or mentions an activity that is routine or factual.
What is the past tense form
Past tense form means the infliction -ed goes after the verb and we are discussing something in the past
He WALKED to school yesterday
Present participle is what
-ing We are discussing something going on right now at this moment are over a period of time
He is WALKING to school right now
What is past participle
-ed or -en goes on the Verb have just finished something or perhaps I’ve recently taken something or done something
He has WALKED to school for years
he has TAKEN his time since his youth
What is the difference between regular and irregular verbs
Buy, bought irregular
Move, moves, moved- regular
If the word “changes”
What are the six forms of verbs
Base - ( helper do will) take, walk
Present participle: (helper is were) taking, walking
Past participle- ( helper had has ) taken, walked
General president- take, walk
-S present- takes, walks
Past tense form-took, walked
Top 3 are nonfinite
Six verb forms “in action”
Base, present participle, past participle are nonfinite verbs so they will come after the auxiliary verbs
General president,-S present, past tense form are finite verbs and don’t need and auxiliary
What does verb tense mean
Tense refers to the timeframe in which something happened
The 12 verb tenses
The simple tenses Present past future The progressive tenses The perfect tenses Perfect progressive tenses
Simple present tenses : To walk
Present: I walk to school
Past: I walked to school
Future: I WILL walk to school
The progressive tense: to walking
Present: I AM walking to school
Past: I WAS walking to school
Future: I WILL BE walking to school
The perfect tenses: to walk
Present: I HAVE walked to school
Past: I HAD walked to school
Future: I WILL HAVE Walked to school
The perfect progressive tense: to walk
Present: I HAVE BEEN walking to school
Past: I HAD BEEN walking to school
Future: I WILL HAVE BEEN walking to school