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Using Verbs Correctly I
Grammar
Principal Parts of Verbs:
• the base form, the present
participle, the past, and the
past participle.
Regular Verb:
• forms its past and past
participle by adding –d or –ed
to the base form
Irregular Verb:
•
forms its past and past participle
in some way other than by adding
–d or –ed to the base form.
Irregular verbs form their past
and past participle in various
ways:
–
–
–
–
By
By
By
By
changing vowels
changing consonants
changing vowels and consonants
making no changes
Tense:
• The tense of a verb indicates
the time of the action or of
the state of being that is
expressed by that verb.
Past Perfect:
• existing or happening before
a specific tie in the past.
Past
•
existing or happening in the
past.
Present Perfect:
• existing or happening
sometime before now; may be
continuing now
Present:
• existing or happening now
Future Perfect:
• existing or happening before
a specific time in the future.
Future:
• Existing or happening in the
future
Consistency of Tense:
• Do not change needlessly from
one tense
Active and Passive Voice:
– Active voice—expresses an
action done by its subject.
• Passive voice: expresses an
action done to its subject. In
passive voice, the verb phrase
always includes a form of be
and the past participle of the
main verb. Other helping
verbs may also be included.