Verbs

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Verbs
Verbs words that describe action or a state of
being.
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Action verbs describe activity. The action may
be physical, or may describe a quiet activity.
Physical actions eat, walk, run, sleep, swim,
scream, read, write, watch
Quiet actions love, think, care, grow,
forgive, concentrate
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Linking Verbs
Linking verbs describe a state of being. They
connect a noun or adjective to the subject of a
clause or sentence.
Bob was a great baseball coach. The dinner looks
wonderful.
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Helping Verbs
Helping verbs help the main verb describe action
that happened in the past, is happening in the
present, or will happen in the future.
am being do have must are can does is shall
be could had may should been did has might wa
s were will would
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The main verb can have up to three helping verbs.
He must have been sleeping soundly to sleep
through the alarm.
She could have gone to the movies if she had
finished her homework.
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Infinitive Form
An infinitive is a main verb usually preceded by
the word to. It does the work of both a verb
and a noun. It may be used as an adjective or
adverb.
Noun
To go often is his goal.
Sid likes to play the flute. Her desire to study
often results in perfect scores.
Verb
Adjective
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There are six main tenses
Verb Tenses
Present tense now The boy has brown hair. Past
tense before now The boy had brown hair until
he bleached it. Future tense has not happened
yet The boy will have brown hair next week.
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Present perfect tense started in the past and
continuing up to the present. The dog has had
fleas for five years.
Past perfect tense finished before some
other past action. He had gone to college before
he started his business.
Future perfect tense action will start
and finish in the future. I will have gone to
school for four months before we get a vacation.
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Participles
A participle is a form of a verb that can be
used as a verb or an adjective.
There are two kinds of participles past
and present.
Present Participles usually end in -ing.
Past Participles usually end in -ed or -en, or
-d, -t, or n, and follow the helping verbs have
or had.
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Examples Present Participle John is going to
be in the school play. Joey will be playing the
part of Captain Lewis. He caught the two boys
cheating. The singing choir marched onto the
stage.
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Examples Past ParticipleJane had decided to
try out for the debate team instead of
cheerleading.Beth and Mary have been chosen for
the team.The boy was frightened.
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Principal Parts of Verbs
Each verb has three main parts called principal
parts.
The infinitive to swim, to throw, to run

1. The Past Tense swam, threw, ran
2. The present Participle (to be) swimming, (to
   be) throwing, (to be) running
3. The Past Participle (have/had) swum, (have/had)
   thrown, (have/had) run

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Regular Verbs
Regular verbs are verbs that can be changed from
the present to the past or past participle by
adding ed or d.
present past past participle
jump jumped have jumped
walk walked have walked
skate skated have skated
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Irregular Verbs
The past and past participle forms of irregular
verbs are formed in various ways.
present past past participle
begin began have begun
blow blew have blown
do did have done
fly flew have flown
get got have gotten
give gave have given
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More Examples of Irregular Verbs
present past past participle
grow grew have grown
lay laid have laid
lie lay have lain
know knew have known
ride ride have ridden
see saw have seen
take took have taken
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To Be
The Most Often Used Irregular Verb
is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been
Now I am. Yesterday I was. I have been.
Now we are. Yesterday we were. We have been.
Just being here is great!
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is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been
I was You were He/she was We were They were
I am You are He/she is We are They are
I had been You had been He/she had been We had
been They had been
I have been You have been He/she has been We have
been They have been
I will be You will be He/she will be We will
be They will be
I will have been You will have been He/she will
have been We will have been They will have been
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Verbs
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