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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. Effective English for Colleges, 11e, by Hulbert & Miller 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. Effective English for Colleges, 11e, by Hulbert & Miller 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. Effective English for Colleges, 11e, by Hulbert & Miller 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