Formed by adding the suffix -ing to the base form: laughing, singing, being. Is frequently used with another verb.
What is the present participle
100
Used to support a main verb and do not occur by themselves in sentences.
What are helping verbs.
100
Simple present, simple past, simple future
What are simple tenses.
100
Can stand all by themselves in their phrases.
The students laughed.
What are intransitive verbs.
100
The noun phrase of the clause
What is the subject.
200
Form of the verb that occurs in the blank space after have___ or had___. Is often formed by adding the suffix -ed -en
What is the past participle
200
3 verbs: be, do, and have. They carry no meaning of their own.
What are auxiliary verbs.
200
Time + Aspect
What is complex tense.
200
Require a following noun phrase.
Sally sold soup.
What are transitive verbs.
200
Also known as the predicate.
What is the verb phrase.
300
Verbs that appear with the word (to) in front of them and verbs used without the (to) in front.
What is the infinitive of the verb and bare infinitive.
300
There are nine: will, would, shall, should, can, could, May, might, must. They have only one form.
What are modal verbs or modal auxiliaries.
300
Allows us to describe actions as background to other actions or actions in progress.
What is progressive aspect.
300
Be, is, seem, become, appear, sound, smell, was, taste, feel, look
What are linking verbs.
300
The rule: The verb of the predicate must agree with the subject noun phrase in person and number.
What is the rule of the subject-verb agreement.
400
Bare infinitive
Present participle
Past participle
Present tense
Past tense
What are the five inflectional forms.
400
Modals in the then part.
If you had the money, (then) you could go to Europe.
What are conditionals.
400
(Have + Time) + past participle
What are perfect tenses.
400
A verb phrase in which there is no tense expressed.
To have friends a person must be a friend.
What are nonfinitive verb phrases.
400
When two noun phrases are joined by (either) or, or (neither) nor. The agreement is different and the subject noun phrases are viewed separately.
Either my sister or my brother is picking me up.