Lesson 17 Flashcards

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How is the past participle formed?

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The regular past particple is formed by adding d or ed to the dictionary form.

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Give the first person singular of the six English verb tenses using the verb walk.

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Present I walk (he, she, it walks)

Past I walked

Future I will walk

Present Perfect I have walked (he has walked)

Past Perfect I had walked

Future Perfect I will have walked

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What is a regular verb?

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A regular verb is one that forms its past and past participle by adding d or ed to the dictionary form.

Ex.I walk, I walked, I have walked.

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What is an irregular verb?

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An irregular verb is one that does not form its past and past participle by adding d or ed to the dictionary form.

Ex.I see, I saw, I have seen

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Give the names of the four principal parts of an English verb with examples using the verb walk.

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the infinitive to walk

the present participle walking

the past tense walked

the past particple have walked

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Give the principal parts of the irregular verbs see, write, come, do, fly and go.

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to see seeing saw have seen

to write writing wrote have written

to come coming came have come

to do doing did have done

to fly flying flew have flown

to go going gone have gone

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What is the infinitive? Give examples.

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The infinitive is the dictionary form of the verb preceded by the word to. The infinitive usually functions as a noun.

Ex. 1 Mary wants to learn Latin.

Ex. 2 To be or not to be, that is the question. To die, to sleep, to dream.

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How is the present participle formed?

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The present participle is formed by adding ing to the dictionary form.

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What are the principal parts of a verb?

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The principal parts are the four basic forms of the verb.

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What is a participle? What are the two forms? Give examples .

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A participle is an adjective formed from a verb (verbal adjective). the two participles are the present participle and the past participle.

Ex. 1 Present Participle:

The conquering Gauls stormed the gates of Rome.

Ex. 2 Past Participle:

The conquered Gauls surrendered to Caesar.

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Give the principal parts of the regular verbs live, play, look, and learn.

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to live living lived have lived

to play playing played have played

to look looking looked have looked

to learn learning learned have learned

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What are the names of the six Engllish tenses?

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Present, Past, Future, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, and Future Perfect

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