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General Verb Knowledge
Verb Phrases
5 Principal Parts - Reg/Irregular Verbs
Perfect Tense
Progressive Tense
100
A word that expresses ACTION or STATE OF BEING and is a necessary part of a sentence.
A VERB
100
The verb in a sentence may consist of more than one word. The words that accompany the main verb are called __________, or helping, verbs.
Auxiliary
100
Name the 5 principal parts of a verb.
Infinitive, Base (present tense), Simple Past, Past Participle, Present Participle
100
Give the formula for ANY perfect tense verb.
Perfect Tense = have + past participle
100
Give the formula for ANY progressive tense verb.
Progressive Tense = be + present participle
200
The two categories of verbs.
Action and Linking
200
What is the formula for a verb phrase?
Verb Phrase = AV (auxiliary verbs) + MV (main verbs)
200
Of the 5 principal parts, which can be used alone as one-word verbs.
Base (present tense) and Simple Past
200
1st person singular - present perfect (walk)
I have walked
200
1st person singular - present progressive (learn)
I am learning
300
A verb expresses time - past, present, and future - by various _______
Tenses
300
How many main verbs are there in a verb phrase? And how many auxiliaries are there in a verb phrase?
Only one main verb. As many auxiliaries as are needed to complete the particular verb tense.
300
What is the definition of a REGULAR VERB?
A REGULAR VERB forms its Simple Past by adding -ed to the Base.
300
3rd person plural - past perfect (drink)
They had drunk
300
2nd person plural - future progressive (do)
You will be doing
400
What is the difference between a TRANSITIVE and INTRANSITIVE verb?
Transitive verbs have a direct object; intransitive verbs do not have a direct object.
400
What are the two most common auxiliary verbs?
To be. To have.
400
Which of these verbs is considered IRREGULAR? walk, jump, laugh, ring, play, learn
Ring. Ring becomes rang in the past tense.
400
2nd person singular - future perfect (steal)
You will have stolen
400
What person and tense is the following verb? We were going
1st person plural - past progressive
500
What is the most common linking verb?
To be
500
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500
Give the past participle of these verbs: be, go, fly, see
Been, gone, flown, seen
500
1st person plural - past perfect (have)
We had had
500
What person and tense is the following verb? He is teaching
3rd person singular - present progressive