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Effective English
for Colleges
11th Edition
Hulbert & Miller
Chapter 3
VERBS: BASIC
CONCEPTS
© 2006 SOUTH-WESTERN EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING
Learning Objectives
1
To distinguish between main verbs and
helping verbs
2
To identify transitive, intransitive, and
linking verbs
3
To use verbs that agree with their
subjects
4
To use verb tenses correctly
5
To use the principal parts of verbs
correctly
Effective English for Colleges, 11e, by Hulbert & Miller
Chapter 3, Slide 2
Principal Characteristics
of Verbs
 A verb expresses a physical or mental
action or a state of being.
 A main verb is either the only verb in a
sentence or the last verb in a verb phrase.
 Helping verbs are all of the other verbs in
a verb phrase.
Refer to CHECKPOINTS 1 and 2.
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Chapter 3, Slide 3
Classes of Main Verbs
TRANSITIVE VERBS
Have direct objects and
sometimes indirect objects
INTRANSITIVE VERBS
Do not have objects and do
not link modifiers to the
subject
Refer to CHECKPOINTS 3-4.
Refer to CHECKPOINT 5.
LINKING VERBS
Link a complement to the subject
Refer to CHECKPOINTS 6-7.
Refer to APPLICATIONS 3-1 through 3-3.
Effective English for Colleges, 11e, by Hulbert & Miller
Chapter 3, Slide 4
Subject-Verb Agreement
Present Tense Verbs
Refer to CHECKPOINT 8.
The Verb to Have
Refer to CHECKPOINT 9.
The Verb to Be
Refer to CHECKPOINT 10.
Subjects Separated from
Verbs
Refer to CHECKPOINT 11.
Agreement with Indefinite
Pronouns
Agreement with Compound
and Alternate Subjects
Refer to CHECKPOINT 12.
Effective English for Colleges, 11e, by Hulbert & Miller
Chapter 3, Slide 5
Special Subject-Verb
Agreement Considerations
 When the subject occurs after the verb
 When the subject is a collective noun
 When referring to titles or names of books,
newspapers, magazines, articles, songs, or
companies
 When using the expressions the number or a number
 When using nouns that express quantities or amounts
Refer to CHECKPOINT 13.
Refer to APPLICATIONS 3-4 through 3-6.
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Chapter 3, Slide 6
Tense
The tense of a verb indicates the time of
the action.
SIMPLE TENSES
 Present
 Past
 Future
PERFECT TENSES
 Present Perfect
 Past Perfect
 Future Perfect
Effective English for Colleges, 11e, by Hulbert & Miller
Chapter 3, Slide 7
Simple Tenses
 Present tense is used to express a
current or customary action.
 Past tense is used to express an action
that occurred before the statement.
 Future tense is used to express an
action that will occur in the future.
Refer to CHECKPOINTS 14 through 16.
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Chapter 3, Slide 8
Perfect Tenses
 Present perfect tense–action completed by some
unspecified time in the past or still continuing
 Past perfect tense–action completed at a
specified time in the past
 Future perfect tense–action to be completed by
some specified time in the future
Refer to CHECKPOINTS 17 through 19.
Refer to APPLICATIONS 3-7 through 3-8.
Effective English for Colleges, 11e, by Hulbert & Miller
Chapter 3, Slide 9
Principal Parts of Verbs
1. Present tense
2. Past tense
3. Past participle
REGULAR VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS
Refer to CHECKPOINT 20.
Refer to CHECKPOINT 21.
REFER TO APPLICATION 3-9.
Refer to Chapter 3 REVIEW.
Refer to APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
Effective English for Colleges, 11e, by Hulbert & Miller
Chapter 3, Slide 10