Lesson 3: Verbs: Kinds, Tenses, Mood and Voices of Verbs and Subject Verb Agreement Flashcards

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content word that denotes an action,
occurrence, or state of existence

A

Verb

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Q

hese verbs typically form their
past tense and past participle by adding “-ed”
to the tense form, making them relatively easy
to conjugate.

A

Regular Verb

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Q

these are the verbs that do
not follow the normal patterns for tense and
past participle

ex. (ate, drank, slept)

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Irregular Verbs

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4
Q

are used to link or join the
subject with a word in the predicate which
relates to the subject.

ex. (am, is, are, was, were)

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Linking Verbs

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Q

(or Helping) are used
together with a main verb.

ex.
Has - is used in the singular, present
tense
Have - (base form) is used in plural,
present tense
Had - is used in singular / plural, past
tense of the verb

A

Auxiliary verbs

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(or Helping) are used
together with a main verb.

ex.
Has - is used in the singular, present
tense
Have - (base form) is used in plural,
present tense
Had - is used in singular / plural, past
tense of the verb

A

Auxiliary verbs

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7
Q

refers to the absolute location
of an event or action in time, either the
present or the past.

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TENSE

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Q

refers to how an event or
action is to be viewed with respect to
time, rather than to its actual location in
time.

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ASPECT

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Q

Any verb (in the past, present or future)
in the indefinite, tense is said
to be in the “indefinite aspect”

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Simple Ascpects

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The core meaning of the perfect is
“prior,” and it is used in relation to some
other point in time.

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Perfect Aspect

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