1. Verb Phrases

2. Verbs Dictionary has 3 forms (principal parts)
Base
Past tense
Past participle
Can be regular and irregular
Past & Past Participle same for regular verbs
Take the inflectional –ed ending

3. Present Participle (-ing)
Regular vs. Irregular
Laugh
Base
Eat
Laughs
3rd Singular
Eats
Laughed
Past (-ed)
Ate
Past Participle (-en)
Eaten
Laughing
Present Participle (-ing)
Eating

4. Verb Forms Verbs have 5 forms Exception: “be” 8 forms
Be, am, are, is, was, were, been, being

5. A verb is a word that can be used in present and past tense; It has both an –s form and an –ing form

6. Verb Phrases Headword: verb Types of Verbs
Transitive: require at least one complement, the direct object, to be complete
Intransitive: do not require a complement to be complete
Includes adverbials
Any structure that modifies a verb

7. Adjectives Modify nouns Comparative degree: -er or “more + ADJ”
Superlative: +est or “most + ADJ”

8. Adverb
Modifies verbs
Contributes information of time, place, reason, and manner
Can be qualified
Very
Rather
Recognized by derivational endings ly
wise
ward

9. Tests Adverb & Adjective Adjective Test Adverb Test
Patterns with qualifier
Very beautiful
Very quickly
Differentiates between other two form classes
Adjective Test
Adverb Test

10. Adjective Test The __________ NOUN is very ___________.
The diligent student is very diligent.
The tall girl is very tall.
Only test that will certainly tell you if a word is an adjective

11. Adverb Test Adjective + ly = Adverb
Quick + ly = Quickly
Pleasant + ly = Pleasantly
In addition of “Adverbs of Manner”…
Then
Now
Soon
Here
There
Afterwards
Often

12. Sentence Patterns Picture a sentence as a series of slots 10 Patterns
Grouped by type
Be patterns
Linking verb patterns
Intransitive verb patterns
Transitive verb patterns