Grammar: Verbs

Question 1

verbs

Answer 1

actions words that tell what the subject of a sentence is doing; used to put a motionless noun into motion, change its motion, link the subject of the sentence to something which describes the subject

Question 2

main/lexical verb

Answer 2

the important verb in the sentence, the one which shows the action of the subject

Question 3

helping/auxiliary verbs

Answer 3

show the tense of the verb or help create state of condition in a setncne

Question 4

active verbs

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used when writing in the active voice; emphasis is on the subject which is doing the action

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passive verbs

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used in the passive voice, where the emphasis is on what is being done to the object of the sentence

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types of verbs:

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lexical, auxiliary, active, passive, linking

Question 7

types of verb tenses:

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present (simple present, present perfect, present continuous, present perfect continuous), past (simple past, past perfect, past continuous, past perfect continuous), future (simple future, future perfect, future continuous, future perfect continuous)

Question 8

tense: simple present/indefinite

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root + -s/-es if in 3rd person; used when an action is happening right now, or when it happens regularly

Question 9

tense: simple past

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-ed; refers to things that have already happened and are finished happening

Question 10

tense: simple future

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will + root; used when something will begin and end later

Question 11

tense: present perfect

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have + past participle; used when an action began in the past yet is still relevant

Question 12

tense: past perfect

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had + past participle; shows that one action in a sentence finishes before a second action begins

Question 13

tense: future perfect

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will + have + past participle; used to talk about an action that will be finished before something else happens in the future

Question 14

tense: present continuous

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be + present participle; when something is happening at the same time we’re talking about it

Question 15

tense: past continuous

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past tense of be + present participle; used to refer to several temporal situations

Question 16

tense: future continuous

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will + be + present participle; relates one action in the future to another specific action or time

Question 17

tense: present perfect continuous

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have + been + present participle; used with actions that began in the past and are still continuing

Question 18

tense: past perfect continuous

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past tense of have + been + present participle; used when one activity in the past was happening before or after another activity had taken place

Question 19

tense: future perfect continuous

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will + have + been + present participle; used much like the future perfect, but one of the actions is likely to continue beyond the other or when one action will be continuing at a certain time in the future

Question 20

what are the 5 verb forms?

Answer 20

root, third-person singular, present participle, past, past participle

Question 21

verb form: root

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absolute base form; infinitive with -to removed

Question 22

verb form: third-person singular

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one which tends to be different from other conjugations; regular verbs end in -s

Question 23

verb form: present participle

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root word + ‑ing; used in the past, present, and future progressive tenses

Question 24

verb form: past and past participle

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root word + ‑ed; only used with the past tenses

Question 25

verb conjugation

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refers to how a verb changes to show a different person, tense, number or mood

Question 26

what are the different types of verbs?

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regular, irregular, conditional, modal, subjunctive, transitive, intransitive, phrasal, linking, compound, imperative, reflexive, causative

Question 27

regular verb

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follows a pattern when it’s changed to a different person or tense

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irregular verb

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does not follow a regular pattern; irregularities often show up in the past participle form

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conditional verb

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expresses a condition on which something else is contingent; auxiliary are can/could, will/would, and might; sometimes juxtaposition of verb tenses creates the conditional tone

Question 30

modal verb

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modifies another verb and implies the possibility or probability of something happening;

Question 31

subjunctive mood

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used after certain expressions which imply a good or bad quality, or an imperative, and which create a strong mood; usually the third-person form of the verb with the ‑s dropped

Question 32

transitive verb

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used with an object

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intransitive verb

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relates only to the subject

Question 34

phrasal verb

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used with another word (an adverb or preposition) to create a commonly used phrase

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linking verb

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connects the subject to the subject complement

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compound verb

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refers to a subject doing more than one thing; connected by conjunctions and commas

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imperative verb

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creates an imperative sentence

Question 38

reflexive verb

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used with a reflexive pronoun

Question 39

causative verb

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causes an action to happen, either by allowing it to happen or by forcing it to happen