TWO: VERBS Flashcards
The verb is meant to express the following seven things:
- Action
- Being
- Condition
- Tense
- Voice
- Person
- Mood
By their spelling what is it that verbs are able to communicate (usually involves more than one word):
- Who is involved in the action.
- Whether that “who” causes or receives the action.
- In a limited way, the attitude of the writer toward the action.
In fact, about the only thing the verb doesn’t do is what?
Indicate the gender of a person involved in the action.
INFLECTION
This is the spelling changes a verb undergoes to indicate verb variants.
What are the three grammatical terms that often involve verbs?
- Number & person
- Number
- person
As it related to verbs what does number refer to?
Number, as it relates to verbs simply refers to “how many.”
When it comes to using verbs as it relates to number - what are the options?
There are only two “number” options: Sing. (one) & Plural (more than one).
What does person refer to?
Person refers to “Who” (we introduced this concept in our discussion on pronouns and POV).
What are the three “persons” & what can they be?
There are three “persons”: first, second, and third, each one of which can be singular or plural.
What are the three groups involving plural and number - when it comes to the simple present tense and familiar verb “be”?
What are the three types of other tenses?
Simple tenses, perfect tenses, and progressive tenses.
What are the two simple tenses?
Simple past tense and simple future tense.
What are the three perfect tenses?
Present, past, and future.
The progressive tense does what?
It described an ongoing action.
What are the three other principle parts of a verb besides present tense?
The three principle parts are the past, the past participle, and the present participle.
What are the four principle parts of tense?
- Present tense
- Past
- Past participle
- Present participle
How is the past and past participle usually formed?
By adding “ed” to the end of a word.
How is the present participle formed?
By adding “ing”
Verbs that have the “ed”/”ing” style of inflection are called what?
regular verbs
Verbs that change their spelling in some other way (other than “ed”/”ing”) are called what?
irregular verbs.
Which tenses fall under which forms?
- Present tense: 1 & 2
- Past: 3
- Past participle: 4,5,6
- Present participle: 7,8,9,10,11, & 12
For #s 1-12 identify what the inflection is for each tense?
The five culprits of subject - verb agreement errors or s-v agr errors include the following:
- indefinite pronoun
- collective noun
- compound subjects
- alternate subjects
- quantities
What is an antecedent?
It is the noun that the pronoun is referring to.