Verbs - Test 4

1. Verbs - Test 4 English 0301

2. 4 Forms of All Verbs • All verbs have 4 forms • These forms are used to make verb tenses 4 forms are: present walk • present participle walking • past walked • past participle walked • Present participle helpers – be verbs • Past participle helpers – has, have had

3. Verb Conjugation • When verbs are taken thru the tenses, it is called conjugation • Present – ( future -will, shall ) • Present Participle – is, are, am, was ,were • Past – never helpers • Past Participle – has, have had • Talk, talking, talked, talked • Listen, listening. listened, listened

4. Regular Verb Practice • The girl (talked, have talked) all day. • Several people in that line (listened, has listened) to the instructions. • Tomorrow I (would like, did like) to go tothe mall. • I can remember when I ( watched, were watching) that same old movie. • It always ( seemed, have seemed) to work.

5. Irregular Verbs • Irregular verbs do not form their parts in the normal way – they do use the same helpers • Go, going, went, gone • Do, doing, did, done • See, seeing, saw, seen • Think, thinking, thought, thought • Run, running, ran, run

6. Irregular Verb Practice • I (saw, seen) you at school yesterday. • Birds have (sang, sung) outside my window for days. • The car has (broke, broken) down several times. • Have you (found, find) your glasses? • How long have you (wore, worn) that jacket?

7. Verb Helpers • Present participle forms the progressive tense and uses: is, are, am, was, were as helpers • Past participle forms the perfect tense and uses: has, have had as helpers • A combination of the 2 forms the perfect progressive and uses a form of both helpers • Future uses will, might, shall

8. Helper Helper ExamplesHelper Examples • Progressive/Present Participle: is going, are going, am going, was going, were going, will be going • Perfect/ Past Participle: has gone, have gone, had gone • Perfect Progressive: has been going, had been going, have been going, will have been going • Future – will go

9. Active - Passive • Active voice – subject dos the action- • We ordered pizza. • Passive voice – subject receives the action - • The pizza was ordered by us. • All passive verbs are a form of “be” verbs and the past participle form of the verb

10. Active – Passive Practice • Active or Passive – • The dentist pulled my tooth. • The game was delayed because of weather. • Our family is encouraging us to attend. • Change – • The entire dinner was prepared by us. • The changes were approved by • them.

11. Subject – Verb Agreement • Singular subjects have “s” on their verbs: • Girl yells Dog barks • Man fixes Shopper buys • Plural subjects have “plain’ verbs • Girls yell Dogs bark • Men fix Shoppers buy • Compound subjects with “and” are always plural • Compound subjects with “or” / “nor” – take the word closest the verb

12. Subj/Verb Agreement Practice • Jim (sell, sells) office equipment. • (Does, Do) the letters look mailable? • He (don’t, doesn’t) use the new calculator. • These new pencils ( last, lasts) longer. • His company (stand, stands) behind him. • The new program (work, works) perfectly.

13. Double Negatives • A clause can only have one negative in it • These are the negatives: no, never, not, n’t, barely, hardly, scarcely • I can barely stand to watch that. • I can’t hardly stand to watch that. • Nobody never wins that contest. • Don’t nobody go out the door.

14. Double Negatives Practice • A clause can only have 1 negative – • no never not • n’t barely hardly • Scarcely no one none • Nobody did anything. - correct • Nobody did nothing. - wrong

15. Verb Reminders • Only one negative per clause. • Singular subjects have “s verbs”. Plural subjects have “plain verbs.” • Compound subjects with “and” or always plural/ compound subjects with “nor, or” go back to 1st rule using the word closest the verb • Some verbs have irregular forms. • Passive is a be verb plus the past participle.