1. Tense Kuiper and Allan Chapter 2.1.4
Inflection of verbs
Tense
Kuiper and Allan Chapter 2.1.4

2. Regular tense inflection
present tense past tense
breathe breathed
sigh sighed
stroke stroked

3. Tense inflection and verbs
All verbs inflect for tense.
Everything that inflects for tense is a verb.
(At last. No exceptions.)

4. Verbs in English can belong to five different grammatical word forms
V-s V-ed V-ing V-en
call calls called calling called
Irregular forms
eat eats ate eating eaten
put puts put putting put
bring brings brought bringing brought
meet meets met meeting met

5. Exercise Find the verbs in the following poem
Nurse’s Song
When the voices of children are heard on the green
And whisp’rings are in the dale
The days of my youth rise fresh in my mind,
My face turns green and pale.
Then come home my children, the sun is gone down,
And the dews of night arise,
Your spring & your day are wasted in play,
And your winter and night in disguise.
William Blake