1. Verbs
Properties of Verbs:
1.Voice
a. Active : The woman helped the man
b. Passive: The man was helped by the woman
2. Tense
a. The Present Tense- the time of action is in
the present with reference to speaking.
He writes the letter.

2. The present tense is used to express:
(1) Habitual Action- He teaches Math.
(2) Historical Present- things in past explained in preset: The soldier kills the enemy and takes his money.
(3) Future: The boat sails tomorrow.
b. The Past Tense-
the time of action is in the past. He wrote the letter.

3. c. The future Tense- the time of action is in the future
c. The future Tense- the time of action is in the future. He will write the letter. d. Present Perfect Tense- the action is completed before speaking: He has written it. e. Past Perfect Tense- the action was completed at a point in the past: He had written the letter when I saw him.

4. f. Future Perfect Tense- the action will be completed at a point in the future: He will have written the letter by Thursday. Regular Verbs take –ed like played, asked … Irregular verbs are like begin, began, begun See page and section II on pp

5. Conjugation of verb to be Singular Tense Plural I am present we are I was past we were I shall/will be future we shall/will be I have been present perfect we have been I had been past perfect we had been I shall have been future perfect we shall have been
Progressive Verb form: I am working
Emphatic Verb form: do used for emphasis: I do work.

6. Classification of verbs
1. Transitive- takes object: I hit him.
2. Intransitive- no object: The man ran.
3. Linking- no action and it only links the subject to
a substantive (noun)
He is a hero.
Or it links the subject to an adjective:
He is young.
Homework- Do exercises 3.