VERBS Flashcards
5 properties
Person (1, 2, 3)
Number (S/P)
Tense (time & aspect)
Voice (active / passive)
Mood (indicative, imperative, subjunctive)
Tense
Time: present, past, future
Aspect: simple, progressive, repeated, or completed.
Simple aspect
Action simply occurring
- I see a duck
- That boy ate dinner
- The girl will do lunch
Progressive aspect
Action in progress
- The girl is eating
- The boy was walking when
- She will be coming to the mountain
Repeated aspect
Repeated or habitual action
- She walks to school everyday
- The boy used to play soccer
- I shall sit here for hours
Completed aspect
Action has already completed
- I have now finished my lunch
- They had sailed a thousand miles
- She will have finished her dinner
Kinds of verbs
Transitive
Intransitive
Linking (copulative)
Transitive verbs
Carry the action from subject to DO
- The cat catches the mouse
Intransitive verbs
No D.O.
- The cat sleeps
Linking (copulative) verbs
Equate subject with noun or adjective in the predicate.
- The cat is a thief; the cat is black.
Active voice
The action is performed by the subject
Passive voice
The subject receives the action
Indicative mood
Mood for factual action (or question)
Imperative mood
Give a command
Subjunctive mood
To represent an action as possible, wished for, doubtful, or nonfactual.