Verbs

Question 1

verb (definition)

Answer 1

a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

Question 2

verb (types)

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action, linking, lexical, auxiliary, active, passive, regular, irregular, conditional, modal, subjunctive mood, transitive, intransitive, phrasal, compound, imperative, reflexive, causative

Question 3

auxiliary verb (definition)

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shows the tense of the verb

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active verb (definition)

Answer 4

used in the active voice

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passive verb (definition)

Answer 5

used in the passive voice

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verb tenses (types)

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simple present, present perfect, present continuous present perfect continuous, simple past, past perfect, past continuous, past perfect continuous, simple future, future perfect, future continuous, future perfect continuous

Question 7

simple present (definition)

Answer 7

used when an action is happening now or when it happens regularly

Question 8

simple present (format)

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regular verbs use the root form, except for third person singular, which ends in -s

Question 9

present perfect (definition)

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used when an action began in the past yet is still relevant

Question 10

present perfect (format)

Answer 10

have + past participle

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present continuous (definition)

Answer 11

used when something is happening at the same time we’re talking about it

Question 12

present continuous (format)

Answer 12

present tense of be + present participle

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present perfect continuous (definition)

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used with actions that began in the past and are still continuing

Question 14

present perfect continuous (format)

Answer 14

have + been + present participle

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verb forms (types)

Answer 15

root, third-person singular, present participle, past, past participle

Question 16

root verb (format)

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verb infinitive

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third-person singular (format)

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-s/-es

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present participle (format)

Answer 18

root word + ‑ing

Question 19

past/past participle (format)

Answer 19

root word + ‑ed

Question 20

simple past (definition)

Answer 20

refers to things that have already happened

Question 21

simple past (format)

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-d/-ed

Question 22

regular verb (definition)

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follows a pattern when changed to a different person or tense

Question 23

irregular verb (definition)

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does not follow a pattern

Question 24

conditional verb (definition)

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creates conditional sentences

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modal verb (definition)

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verb which modifies another verb, and implies the possibility or probability of something happening

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subjunctive mood (format)

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third-person form of the verb with the ‑s dropped

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transitive verb (definition)

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a verb used with an object (you can tell if it’s a transitive verb when a noun is involved in the action)

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intransitive verb (definition)

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verbs not used with an object that relate only to the subject

Question 29

phrasal verb (definition)

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used with another word (an adverb or preposition) to create a commonly used phrase

Question 30

linking verb (definition)

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doesn’t create any movement or action, but it connects the subject to the subject complement

Question 31

compound verb (definition)

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refers to a subject doing more than one thing

Question 32

imperative verb (definition)

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creates an imperative sentence

Question 33

imperative verb (format)

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root

Question 34

reflexive verb (format)

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used with a reflexive pronoun

Question 35

causative verb (definition)

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causes an action to happen, either by allowing it to happen or by forcing it to happen

Question 36

simple future tense (definition)

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used when something will begin and end later

Question 37

simple future tense (format)

Answer 37

will + root

Question 38

past perfect tense (definition)

Answer 38

used to show that one action in a sentence finishes before a second action begins

Question 39

past perfect tense (format)

Answer 39

pronoun had + past participle

Question 40

future perfect tense (definition)

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used to talk about an action that will be finished before something else happens in the future

Question 41

future perfect tense (format)

Answer 41

will + have + past participle

Question 42

past continuous tense (definition)

Answer 42

used to refer to several temporal situations

Question 43

past continuous tense (format)

Answer 43

past tense of be + present participle

Question 44

future continuous tense (definition)

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relates one action in the future to another specific action or time

Question 45

future continuous tense (format)

Answer 45

will + be + present participle

Question 46

past perfect continuous tense (definition)

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used when one activity in the past was happening before or after another activity had taken place

Question 47

past perfect continuous tense (format)

Answer 47

have + been + present participle

Question 48

future perfect continuous tense (definition)

Answer 48

used much like the future perfect, but one of the actions is likely to continue beyond the other

Question 49

future perfect continuous tense (format)

Answer 49

will + have + been + present participle