Verbs

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Verbs

• December 13, 2006

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Verb

• Why are they important?
• Imagine a sentence like this.
• Last night I tons of delicious sushi
• This can destroy your writing?
• Today we will find the solution to this issue.

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Verbs

• Verbs are words that show ACTION.

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Verbs

• Verbs are also words that show state of being
• Example - I am tired

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Today

• Today we will examine three verbs related
  concepts.
• Helper Verbs
• Plural Verbs
• Tense of Verbs

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Helping Verbs

• Helping verbs are used to add meaning to main
  verbs
• Example Jessica Simpson can swim really well!

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Plural

• Making a verb plural is tricky!!
• The singular form of regular verbs
• ends in
• The plural form of regular verbs
• does NOT end with

S
S
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Plural Example

• Singular John Travolta dances the night away
• Plural John Travolta and his friends like to
  dance the night away

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Tense

• Verbs will change form to show tense.
• Tense Show when an action took place. Was it in
  the past, present, or will it be in the future?

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Tense

• Past gt Jay Z ran fast in the race.
• Present gt Jay Z is running fast in the race.
• Future gt Jay Z will run fast in the race.

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The End