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Additional Information About Verbs
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Additional Information about Verbs
Additional Information about
Verbs
Here are the two areas we’ll discuss in this
section:
• Verb Tense
• Verbals
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Additional Information about Verbs
Verb Tense. . .
. . . tells you the time of
the action.
Let’s start with the
simple
• present,
• past, and
• future.
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Present Tense
The present tense tells
you that something is
happening now.
?
Example:
Tom counts the sparrows.
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Past Tense
The past tense tells you
that something
happened before.
Example:
Sally counted the
sparrows yesterday.
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Future Tense
The future tense tells you
that something will
happen later.
Example:
Tom and Sally will count
the sparrows next weekend
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Verb Tense
But, we can also be a little more specific about time
using these other tenses:
•Perfect Tense (Add a form of the verb “have”)
•Progressive Tense (Add a form of the verb “be”)
•Perfect Progressive Tense (Add both the verbs
“have” and “be.”)
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Verbals
Verbals are words
formed from verbs.
There are three kinds:
• Infinitives
• Participles
• Gerunds
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Verbals
An
is formed
by adding the word
“to” to the base form
of the verb.
“to” + “steal” =
So, what is the infinitive
of the verb “steal”?
Example:
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“to steal”
Jesse James loved to steal
money from bankers.
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Verbals
A
is a verb
form used as an
adjective.
The past participle ends
in -ed or is irregular.
Example:
The present participle
ends in -ing.
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Looking over her tax
returns, the weeping
accountant tugged her
bleached hair.
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Verbals
A
is the -ing
form of a verb
used as a noun.
Let’s make a gerund out of
the verb “bowl.”
“Bowl” + “ing” = “Bowling”
Example:
Bowling is not a sport,
because you can
smoke while you’re
doing it.
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