Part of Speech: The Verb Flashcards
Verb
* Show actions in sentences and in fact all sentences must have this part of speech.
* Link ideas
* Help other verbs
What is the verb in this sentence:
The bear roars.
ROARS
How to be agreeable?
Put your “s” in the right place.
e.g.,
The dog barks[/]
The dogs barks[x]
Tenses
The ability of verbs to situate themselves in time.
What is the simple form of English tense?
Past > I talked
Present > I talk
Future > I will talk
Present tense
How we talk about thing that are happening in the present moment.
e.g.,
> I eat a donut. (right now)
if you have “is” and then “ing” that means that
it’s a present tense and it is happening now.
e.g.,
Bartie is singing in the shower.
The past tense
Stuff that already happened, you can make words in past tense if you add “-ed” “-d”
e.g.,
I walked to the moon.
The future tense
A sentence that indicates that it is happening in the future.
To make it a future tense you just need to add “will” before the verb.
You can also use “is going to” to make it a future tense.
e.g.,
I will eat this cupcake.
Lorraine is going to visit Canada.
Linking verb
aka. , the state of being verbs because it shows the state being of something.
e. g.,
The bear is lonely.
The bear looked lonely.
The bear smells like cinnamon.
Examples of linking verbs;
is
be
been
were
Helping verbs
verbs that give more information about the verb and overall sentence.
e.g.,
Brian is eating a pizza.
Brian has eaten a pizza.
Brian was eating a pizza.
Brian had been eating a pizza.
Irregular verbs
words that change because of the past, present, and future tense.
e.g.,
Past: ran
Present: run
Future: will run
Important yet strangest 4 words of irregular verbs.
Give examples of a Funky -ed irregular verbs
Ends with “-t” instead of “-ed”
Present: Sleep
Past: Slept
instead of;
Present: Walk
Past: Walked
The vowel-shift irregular verb
Past P. stands for perfect/participle
This an irregular verb where the vowel of the word changes.
Always add “have”
e.g., Have sung
Irregular verbs adding “ne” “n” or “-en”
Always add “had” in the past perfect/participle
e.g., had torn
Give examples of the truly irregular verbs.
Give some examples of modal auxiliary verbs.
Present:
- Can
- May
- Shall
- Will
Past:
- Could
- Might
- Should
- Would
What is simple verb aspect
then > now > later
I walked > I walk > I will walk
What is progressive aspect?
then > now > later
I was walking > I am walking > I will be walking
The action is in progress
Define conjugate
give the different forms of (a verb in an inflected language) as they vary according to voice, mood, tense, number, and person.
What is perfect aspect
then > now > later
I had washed the dishes. > I have washed the dishes. > I will have washed the dishes.
Referring something that had already been done in the present time.
What is perfect progressive aspect?
def. to portray an idea that had been on going in the past and is now done, had been on going on past and still happening now, or say how long something has been going on.
formula: have/had+been+verb+ “ing”
eg.,
Past - I had been eating cookies.
Present - I have been eating cookies.
Future - I will have been eating cookies.
What is modality?
def. when we use verbs to express conditions on stuff.
express the:
- Likelihood/certainty - of happening
- Ability - to do something
- Permission - to do something
What are modal verbs?
def. when we use verbs to express conditions on stuff.
express the:
- Likelihood/certainty - of happening
- Ability - to do something
- Permission - to do something
e.g.,
- may
- might
- must
- can
- could
- shall
- should
- would
modal verbs don’t have infinitives. give an example of infinitives.
to
“to should” is a wrong grammar.
