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Definition
A verb shows action
Or links the subject to another word
in the sentence.
The verb is the main part of the
predicate.
Types of Verbs
Action Verbs:
– An action verb tells what the subject is
doing.
Example: Harriet Tubman
lived in Maryland as a child.
Types of Verbs
Linking Verbs
– A linking verb links a subject to a noun
or an adjective in the predicate part of
the sentence.
Example: Tubman became
famous. (The verb became links
the adjective famous to the
subject Tubman.)
Types of Verbs
Helping verbs (also called auxiliary
verbs)
– include has, had, and have; do and did;
and forms of the verb be (is, are, was,
were, etc.)
Example: Tubman had married
before she escaped. (the verb
had helps state a past action:
had married.)
Verb Tenses
Present tense
– The present tense of a verb states an
action that is happening now.
–Examples:
Today, we honor Tubman’s work.
She serves as an inspiration for
all of us.
Verb Tenses
Past Tense
– The past tense of a verb states an
action that happened at a specific time
in the past.
–Example:
Ms. Tubman made 19 rescue
trips.
She even rescued per parents.
Verb Tenses
Future Tense
– A verb states an action that will take
place.
–Example:
I will remember her story
forever.
Perfect Tenses
Present perfect tense
– The present perfect tense states an
action that is still going on.
– Add has or have before the past
participle form of the main verb.
– Example:
Stories about slavery have always interested
me.
Perfect Tenses
Past Perfect Tense
– The past perfect tense states an action
that began and was completed in the
past.
– Add had before the past participle form
of the main verb.
– Example:
She had served in the Civil War.
Perfect Tenses
Future Perfect Tense
– The future perfect tense states an action
that will begin in the future and end at a
specific time in the future.
– Add will have before the past participle
form of the main verb.
– Example:
I will have studied for three hours about her.
Progressive Forms
Present Progressive:
– The progressive form of a verb tense
expresses an action that is continuing at
the time referred to in the sentence.
The progressive form uses the present
participle of the verb with the suitable
tense of the verb to be.
Progressive Forms
Present Progressive continued:
– In other words. The present progressive
tense states an action that is not
finished at the time of stating it.
– Here’s how you form this tense:
The helping verb + the ing form of the
main verb
Example:
They are laughing.
Progressive Forms
Past Progressive
– States an action that was happening at
a certain time in the past.
– It can also refer to an event that took
place for a limited time.
Here’s how to form this tense:
The helping verb + the ing form of the
main verb
They were laughing.
Progressive Forms
Future Progressive
– States an action that will take place at a
specific time in the future.
Here’s how to form this tense.
Will + The helping verb + the ing form of
the main verb
Example: They will be laughing.
Progressive Forms
Present Perfect Tense:
– Expresses action that began in the past
but continues in the present or is
completed in the present.
Here’s how to form this tense.
Has or have + The helping verb + the ing form of the
main verb
Example: They have been laughing.
Progressive Forms
Past Perfect Tense
– Expresses an action in the past that
occurred before another past action.
Here’s how to form this tense.
Had + The helping verb + the ing form of
the main verb
Example: They had been laughing.
Progressive Forms
Future Perfect Tense
– Expresses action that will begin in the future
and be completed by a specific time in the
future.
Here’s how to form this tense.
Will + have or had + The helping verb + the ing form of
the main verb
Example: They will have been laughing.
Emphatic Form
Adds emphasis to the verb.
The emphatic form uses base form of
the verb with the addition of do,
does, or did.
Emphatic Form
Present Emphatic
– Uses do or does.
Example:
I do mow the lawn every week.
Carla does work at the mall.
Emphatic Form
Past Emphatic
– Uses did
Example:
Ralph did mow the lawn while we were
gone.