Verb Tense and Irregular Verbs Review Learning Objective: Use regular and irregular verbs correctly W.C. 1.3
Verb Tenses Present- Tells what is happening now Verb: is a word that expresses action or a state of being Future -Tells what will happen in the future I will read a book later. Past- tells what happened in the past I have read the book I am reading a book.
Regular Verb Tense A regular verb forms the past tense by adding –d or –ed to the end of the verb. Example: Tim patiently cooks spaghetti for dinner. The action in the sentence is cooks. Verbs can also indicate the tense of the sentence: Present tense: Tim patiently cooks spaghetti for dinner. Past tense: Tim patiently cooked spaghetti for dinner (notice regular verbs in with –d or –ed ) Future tense: Tim will cook spaghetti for dinner. (notice the helping verb “will” comes before the action verb)
Read this sentence. When Mark answered the question, he spoke slowly enough to be understood by everyone in the room. Which word is the regular verb? –answered –spoke –enough –by
Emily questioned the teacher, “Why do we have to write this down?” Which word is the regular verb? –questioned –teacher –have –write
What is the tense? Today we will give Mary a surprise party. a.present b.future c.Past What is the clue word? will
What is the tense? Tourists and locals enjoy watching the whales. a.present b.future c.Past What is the clue? ing
Irregular Verbs are verbs that do not add –ed to form the past tense. Instead, the spelling of the verb changes. Ernesto (see) a poster at the city swimming pool. What is the past tense of see? saw This is an irregular verb because we do not add ed instead we change the word.
Irregular Verbs The performers ran up the stage at the end of the show. Which underlined word is the irregular verb. A. performers B. ran C. at
She walked home and ate her banana along the way. Which underlined word is the irregular verb. –walked –ate –way –along
We ride horses at my grandfather’s farm yesterday. A. riding B. rode C. will ride D. no change We swim in the city pool several times tomorrow. A. are swimming B. was swimming C. will swim D. no change Which is the correct way to use the verb?
My mother and I found the key to an old trunk of family photographs. What is the verb in the sentence? Is it a regular verb or irregular? Why? He studied insects when he was in college. What is the verb in the sentence? Is it a regular verb or irregular? Why?