verb phrases and aspects Flashcards
1
Q
grammatical person
A
indicates whether its 1st,2nd or 3rd person
2
Q
grammatical number
A
one or more singular plural
3
Q
verb voice
A
passive or active voice
4
Q
passive voice
A
the subject isn’t performing verb
5
Q
active
A
subject Is performing verb
6
Q
verb tense
A
past, present or future
7
Q
verb aspect
A
ongoing or completed
8
Q
progressive aspect
A
in progress
they were laughing
they are laughing etc
9
Q
perfective aspect
A
describes the verb as completed
10
Q
past perfective, present and future
A
we had eaten lunch by the time they got here
we have eaten lunch
we will have eaten lunch
