1. Verbs - Test 4
English 0301

2. 4 Forms of All Verbs All verbs have 4 forms
These forms are used to make verb tenses
4 forms are: present walk
present participle walking
past walked
past participle walked
Present participle helpers – be verbs
Past participle helpers – has, have had

3. Verb Conjugation
When verbs are taken thru the tenses, it is called conjugation
Present – ( future -will, shall )
Present Participle – is, are, am, was ,were
Past – never helpers
Past Participle – has, have had
Talk, talking, talked, talked
Listen, listening. listened, listened

4. Regular Verb Practice The girl (talked, have talked) all day.
Several people in that line (listened, has listened) to the instructions.
Tomorrow I (would like, did like) to go to the mall.
I can remember when I ( watched, were watching) that same old movie.
It always ( seemed, have seemed) to work.

5. Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs do not form their parts in the normal way – they do use the same helpers
Go, going, went, gone
Do, doing, did, done
See, seeing, saw, seen
Think, thinking, thought, thought
Run, running, ran, run

6. Irregular Verb Practice
I (saw, seen) you at school yesterday.
Birds have (sang, sung) outside my window for days.
The car has (broke, broken) down several times.
Have you (found, find) your glasses?
How long have you (wore, worn) that jacket?

7. Verb Helpers
Present participle forms the progressive tense and uses: is, are, am, was, were as helpers
Past participle forms the perfect tense and uses: has, have had as helpers
A combination of the 2 forms the perfect progressive and uses a form of both helpers
Future uses will, might, shall

8. Helper Helper Examples Helper Examples
Progressive/Present Participle: is going, are going, am going, was going, were going, will be going
Perfect/ Past Participle: has gone, have gone, had gone
Perfect Progressive: has been going, had been going, have been going, will have been going
Future – will go

9. Active - Passive Active voice – subject dos the action-
We ordered pizza.
Passive voice – subject receives the action -
The pizza was ordered by us.
All passive verbs are a form of “be” verbs and the past participle form of the verb

10. Active – Passive Practice
Active or Passive –
The dentist pulled my tooth.
The game was delayed because of weather.
Our family is encouraging us to attend.
Change –
The entire dinner was prepared by us.
The changes were approved by
them.

11. Subject – Verb Agreement
Singular subjects have “s” on their verbs:
Girl yells Dog barks
Man fixes Shopper buys
Plural subjects have “plain’ verbs
Girls yell Dogs bark
Men fix Shoppers buy
Compound subjects with “and” are always plural
Compound subjects with “or” / “nor” – take the word closest the verb

12. Subj/Verb Agreement Practice
Jim (sell, sells) office equipment.
(Does, Do) the letters look mailable?
He (don’t, doesn’t) use the new calculator.
These new pencils ( last, lasts) longer.
His company (stand, stands) behind him.
The new program (work, works) perfectly.

13. Double Negatives A clause can only have one negative in it
These are the negatives: no, never, not, n’t, barely, hardly, scarcely
I can barely stand to watch that.
I can’t hardly stand to watch that.
Nobody never wins that contest.
Don’t nobody go out the door.

14. Double Negatives Practice
A clause can only have 1 negative –
no never not
n’t barely hardly
Scarcely no one none
Nobody did anything. - correct
Nobody did nothing. - wrong

15. Verb Reminders Only one negative per clause.
Singular subjects have “s verbs”. Plural subjects have “plain verbs.”
Compound subjects with “and” or always plural/ compound subjects with “nor, or” go back to 1st rule using the word closest the verb
Some verbs have irregular forms.
Passive is a be verb plus the past participle.