Download a) How are the 3 Verb Forms used?

Are Verbs important? Why/ why not?
The English verb has only 2 forms.
Right answer: It has 3 forms: The
Infinitive, the Gerund & the Participle
a) How are the 3 Verb Forms used?
e.g. I play, I am playing
I want to play
While playing, I hurt myself
b) How are the 3 Verb Forms used?
e.g. I was happy when I got your e-mail
I was happy to get your e-mail.
Main OR Finite Verbs = the backbone of a
sentence, limited by number, person,
voice, mood and tense.
Auxiliary OR Helping Verbs = aids of Main
ones responsible for changing Moods in a
sentence.
Right answer: aids of Main verbs in forming
the tenses (BE, HAVE, DO).
Modal Verbs= further aids of both Main and Auxiliary
ones and responsible for changing Moods within a
sentence.
What are Transitive Verbs?
What are Intransitive Verbs?
Can verbs be
Intransitive?
both
Transitive
&
Can Intransitive verbs have Transitive
uses?
What are Double-Object Verbs?
What are the 2 possible constructions
of Double-Object Verbs?
A verb’s ‘number’
must come before the subject
shifts the focus of the sentence
is obvious by the person & the verb ending(s)
focuses on the action
All of the above
A verb’s ‘Person’ OR ‘Subject’ can
be:
all of the following choices
a common or proper noun/ a pronoun
a gerund/ gerund phrase
a noun clause
a noun phrase in the nominative case
Voice= form of the verb that shifts the
focus of the sentence.
There are 4 Main Voices in English.
Right answer: 2 - Active & Passive
(& a kind of Middle Voice).
Match to the right definition by clicking
in turn on the right yellow shape:
Active Voice
show fact, non-fact, orders,
etc
Middle Voice I
focuses on action & object
Passive Voice
focuses on ‘who’
Middle Voice II
has the action returning to the
subject
Moods
can be formed by -self
pronouns
What does the ‘Infinitive Column’ of
the Irregular-Verbs List give?
How is the ‘Past Column’ of the
Irregular-Verbs List used?
And the ‘Participle Column’?
Double Participle Verbs= transitive verbs
with two objects.
Right answer: verbs with two participle
forms: one for the perfect and passive
tenses & one used as adjective, predicate
or suffix in compound adjectives.
What are the 2 participle forms of the
following verbs?
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work: wrought, worked
drink: drunken, drunk
load: laden, loaded
get: gotten, got
rot: rotten, rotted
knit: knit, knitted
sink: sunken, sunk
shave: shaven, shaved
shrink: shrunken, shrunk
strike: stricken, struck
clothe: clad, clothed
light: lighted, lit
swell: swollen, swelled
What are the spelling rules for the
‘3rd person singular of the Present’?
What are the pronunciation rules for the
‘-s ending of the 3rd person singular of the
Present’?
What are the spelling rules for the
‘-ed ending of the Past Simple & the
Past Participle’?
What are the pronunciation rules for the
‘-ed ending of the Past Simple & the Past
Participle’?
What are the spelling rules for the
‘-ing ending of the Gerund & the
Present Participle’?