Verbals
A verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun.
Gerund
A participle is a form of [this part of speech] that can be used as an adjective.
Verb
This tense indicates that an action is, was, or will be happening at the time you are talking about it.
Simple Tense
An irregular verb is a verb that does not add [this suffix] when changed to the past tense.
-ed
This verb mood expresses a state of questioning.
Interrogative
A verb form ending in -ed or -ing that is ued as an adjective.
Participle
Participles usually end in these three suffixes.
-ed, -ing, -en
This tense indicates that by the time you are referring to (the past, present, or future), something will already be completed.
Perfect Tense
The past participle form of a verb implies the presence of a form of which verb before the main verb?
Have/Had/Has
This verb mood expresses a fact.
Indicative
The base form of a verb, introduced by the word 'to' that can be used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.
Infinitive
You can tell a verbal is a participle because it modifies another [this part of speech].
Noun
This tense indicates that by the time you are referring to (past, present, or future; or indeed, past perfect, present perfect, or future perfect), something will be in a state of continuing action.
Progressive Tense
What is the simple past form of the word "Break?"
Broke
This verb mood expresses a command.
Imperative
In the sentence "To be or not to be, that is the question," the phrase 'to be' is which kind of verbal?
Infinitive
In the sentence, "The chiming clock struck midnight," what is the participle AND what word is it modifying?
Chiming modifies clock.
Change the following sentence to perfect tense:
Peter took coal from the center of the pile, thinking that if he did not take it from the top, it would be considered mining and not stealing.
Peter had taken coal from the center of the pile, thinking that if he did not take it from the top, it would be considered mining and not stealing.
What is the past participle form of the word "Break?"
Broken
This verb mood expresses that something will happen if something else happens and uses words like "if... then," and "could, would, should, might, ought," etc.
Conditional
In the sentence "Traveling had long been a dream of Alice's," the word 'traveling' is what kind of verbal?
Gerund
In the sentence "To see Andrew Jackson raging about was a common sight in the White House of the late 1820s and 1830s," what is the participle and what is it modifying?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Conjugate the following verb into each simple, perfect, and progressive tense:
Break
Simple:
Past: Broke
Present: Break
Future: Break
Perfect:
Past: Had broken.
Present: Has broken.
Future: Will have broken.
Progressive:
Past: Was breaking.
Present: Am breaking.
Future: Will be breaking.
Past perfect progressive: Had been breaking.
Present perfect progressive: Have been breaking.
Future perfect progressive: Will have been breaking.
What is the simple past AND the past participle form of the word "mistake"?
Simple: Mistook
PP: Mistaken
This verb form expresses doubt or something contrary to fact and often starts with phrases like "I wish."
Subjunctive