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Parts of Speech Verbs and adverbs

Find nouns, Pronouns & adjectives Yes, he misguided you and me with a supercilious equanimity. prep. interj. pron. V. pron. conj. pron. art adj adj. noun subj. AVP. ----- D.O. --------

Verdi composed the opera VERb A word that shows action, being, or links a subject to a subject complement. Verdi composed the opera Verdi composed. I am. Verdi is a composer.

The verb is about the noun Every sentence has a subject The verb (the predicate of the sentence) is about the subject Simple predicate = verb

The verb is about the noun The verb is saying that the noun did something or that the noun is something.

Four principal parts of the verb The infinitive: to do, to go, to think, to dream The present participle: doing, going, thinking, dreaming The past: did, went, thought, dreamed The past participle: done, gone, thought, dreamed

Irregular verbs Many verbs do not follow this regular pattern Their principal parts are unique Must be memorized to use correctly Infinitive Present participle Past Past participle To shrink Shrinking Shrank Shrunk To ring Ringing Rang Rung To break Breaking Broke Broken

Regular verbs Most verbs make the four principle parts in the same regular way Begin with the infinitive: to … Add –ing to make the present participle Add –d or –ed to make past and past participle Infinitive Present participle Past Past participle To Work Working Worked

Auxiliary or Helping verbs Simple tense: the verb stands alone, as a single word, to make the simple predicate “I composed a symphony.” Compound tense: main verb is supplemented by an auxiliary or helping verb to construct the tense. “I will have composed a symphony.”

“The harpoon hit Moby Dick.” Transitive verb An action verb that acts on a direct object “The harpoon hit Moby Dick.” Called transitive because of the transit of action or energy that takes place when the subject acts on the object

An action verb that does not act on a direct object Intransitive verb An action verb that does not act on a direct object “Harpoons flew.”

Active vs. Passive VOice “Johnson and Boswell discussed the problem.” Active Voice Verb: shows the subject acting “The problem was discussed.” Passive Voice Verb: shows the subject passively being acted upon. Make sentences seem weak Tends to leave out important information Passive voice more frequently used in scientific writing

Time makes verbs tense. Time is so central in our experience as human beings we identify it in every sentence we make, and we do it by putting each verb in a time tense.

Present Past Future Present perfect Past perfect Future perfect Six verb tenses Present Past Future Present perfect Past perfect Future perfect In conjugating these six tenses, we see that verbs (like pronouns) have person (first, second, or third) and number (singular or plural).

Perfect tenses Perfect comes from Latin perficere, meaning “to finish” The tenses of things that are finished, either finished in the past, finished in the present, or finished in the future.

Conjugating (1) PRESENT TENSE Singular Plural First Person I protest We protest Second Person You protest Third Person She, he, it protests They protest PAST TENSE Singular Plural First Person I protested We protested Second Person You protested Third Person She, he, it protested They protested FUTURE TENSE Singular Plural First Person I will protest We will protest Second Person You will protest Third Person She, he, it will protest They will protest

Conjugating (2) PRESENT PERFECT TENSE Singular Plural First Person I have protested We have protested Second Person You have protested Third Person She, he, it has protested They have protested PAST PERFECT TENSE Singular Plural First Person I had protested We had protested Second Person You had protested Third Person She, he, it had protested They had protested FUTURE PERFECT TENSE Singular Plural First Person I will have protested We will have protested Second Person You will have protested Third Person She, he, it will have protested They will have protested

Progressive forms of the six tenses Action still in progress Present progressive I am protesting. Past progressive I was protesting. Future progressive I shall be protesting. Present perfect progressive I have been protesting. Past perfect progressive I had been protesting. Future perfect progressive I shall have been protesting.

Mood Indicative is the ordinary mood. Imperative is the command mood. Three moods: Examples: Indicative is the ordinary mood. Imperative is the command mood. Subjunctive is the IF mood. I am he. Be he. If I were he …

Last word on linking and action… If you can substitute am, is, or are and the sentence still sounds logical, you have a linking verb on your hands. If, after the substitution, the sentence makes no sense, you are dealing with an action verb instead. Here are some examples: Sylvia tasted the spicy squid eyeball stew. Sylvia is the stew? I don't think so! Tasted, therefore, is an action verb in this sentence, something Sylvia is doing. The squid eyeball stew tasted good. The stew is good? You bet. Make your own! I smell the delicious aroma of a mushroom and papaya pizza baking in the oven. I am the aroma? No way! Smell, in this sentence, is an action verb, something I am doing. The mushroom and papaya pizza smells heavenly. The pizza is heavenly? Definitely! Try a slice!

When you write … Follow these tips!

Parallel verb tense Not parallel Parallel When Charles Dickens went to America, he gives many speeches, and feels that his trip was successful. After he returned to England, he begins to lose the spirit he finds in America, and he will descend into melancholy. When Charles Dickens went to America, he gave many speeches, and felt that his trip was successful. After he returned to England, he began to lose the spirit he found in America, and he will descend into melancholy.

Keep parts of speech parallel John was tall and handsome. (good! ) John was tall and an athlete. (not so good, ) I want shelter, clothes, and to eat. (not so good, ) I want shelter, clothes, and food. (good! )

Use verbs that bring life and emotion to your writing! Strong verbs Use verbs that bring life and emotion to your writing!

Avoid contractions in formal writing Combination of two or more parts of speech into one word Don’t, they’re, it’s Suggest that one is in a hurry If it shows up in a quote – leave it.

Find nouns, Pronouns & adjectives He was brilliant, fantastic, irresponsible. Linking Verb pron. adj. adj. adj. subj. pred. --------------------- Compound Subject Complement ----------------

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Queequeg swam slowly. Ahab is too tall. I like you, too. He and she swim well.

The adverb is not your friend. Stephen king said: The adverb is not your friend.

Are you using to many? Though there are wonderful adjective and adverbs, there are also many that are tired and unnecessary. This shows a weak vocabulary. For example: Using “Bright, yellowy green” instead of chartreuse? Or “very tall, gigantic statue” instead of colossus?

What is the difference? “During the first half of the twentieth century the world greatly changed.” “During the first half of the twentieth century, the world changed.” Remove the useless adverb greatly, and you get a strong sentence ending in two stressed syllables.

Very, very, very weak When a modifier is overused it backfires. The adverb very oven has the effect of weakening the sentence by filling it with empty syllables. Omit the verys and let the adjective stand out strong and clear. “He was very, very hungry.” “He was hungry.”

Parts of Speech Verbs and adverbs