Present and Past: Regular Irregular Verbs

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Present and PastRegular / Irregular Verbs

• By B. Maki
• CS255 Project 10
• Grade Level 9-11th
• Topic English Language
• Teaching Time 2 Sessions

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PRESENT AND PAST TENSES REGULAR VERBS
Every sentence must have a VERB. Since the
subject and the verb are the two most important
parts of a sentence, learning to recognize verbs
is essential to your progress in becoming a
better writer. Lets review three
characteristics of verbs that help to identify
them.
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1. The verb tells what the subject does, did, or
will do (action), is, was or will be (linking).
Example Reggie caught the fly ball. What did
Reggie do? He caught. Therefore, caught is the
verb.
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2. The verb changes its form to show time
(tense).
Example Reggie catches the fly ball. (The
time is in the present.) Reggie caught the
fly ball. (The time is in the
past.) Reggie will catch the fly
ball. (The time is the future.)
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3. The verb changes its form in the third person
singular, present tense to agree with the
subject.
Example I catch the fly ball. (First
person) She/He catches the fly ball. (Third
person)
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Action Verbs and Linking Verbs
Action Verbs Most verbs tell what the subject
(someone or something) does, did, or will do.
These verbs are usually easy to identify,
especially when the action is a familiar one,
such as swim, talk, buy, chew, study, or
explode. Linking Verbs There is another group
of verbs that you might find more difficult to
identify than the action verbs above. These
verbs show a relationship between the subject and
a completer that follows the subject. The
completer usually describes or renames the
subject, and the linking verb links the subject
to its completer.
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TEST YOUR SKILLS
  Fill in the blanks with the verbs that link the
subjects to the descriptive or renaming words
that follow the blank.   The cat _______________
hungry.   My brother _____________ an
artist.   Those chocolate chip cookies
______________ delicious.
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ANSWER TEST YOUR SKILLS
In these sentences you could have supplied the
following verbs   The cat looks, or seems, or is
hungry.   My brother is, or was, or became an
artist.   Those chocolate chip cookies taste, or
smell, or are delicious.
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EXERCISE 1A DIRECTIONS

• Using the three characteristics of verbs as tests
  and the noun test, identify the words as verbs,
  nouns, or both.
• Place checks marks in the appropriate columns.
• Use the dictionary if necessary.

READY...GO!
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EXERCISE 1A

• WORD VERB NOUN
• SELL
• SUPPOSE
• SALE
• IS
• CALL
• DRINK
• WEIGH
• VISITED
• PRAISE
• HEARS

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EXERCISE 1B DIRECTIONS
In the following sentences, FIND the verbs and
write them down.
READY...GO!
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EXERCISE 1B

• The train stops for only a few moments at
  Oakhurst.
• The train stopped for only a few moments at
  Oakhurst.
• Gene hurries to get on the train already in
  motion.
• Gene hurried to get on the train already in
  motion.
• He trips over a womans suitcase in the aisle.
• He tripped over a womans suitcase in the aisle.
• Gene and the woman glare at each other.
• Gene and the woman glared at each other.
• In his seat at last, he watches the dawn through
  the smeary windows of the train.
• In his seat at last, he watched the dawn through
  the smeary windows of the train.

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ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE 1A
1. V 2. V 3. N 4. V 5. N 6. V, N 7. V
8. V 9. V, N 10. V
EXERCISE 1B
1. STOPS 2. STOPPED 3. HURRIES 4. HURRIED
5. TRIPS 6. TRIPPED 7. GLARE 8. GLARED 9.
WATCHES 10. WATCHED
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