1. VERBS - MAKE WRITING STRONGER
Lyla Nabulsi
Stripes team

2. VERB FORMS-SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION
Regular verbs -
to + verb = the infinitive = present tense form
Past tense = present tense form + d, ed, or t
Past participle = to have + past form
Irregular verbs -
Past tense = vowel change, new word, other
Past participle = another vowel change, new word, other

3. Regular Verbs Present form = (to) like
Past form = (add d, ed, or t) liked (not likeed or liket)
Past Participle = (have) liked (the same as the past)
Present Participle = liking
3rd person singular - likes

4. Irregular Verb - Vowel Change
Present form - (to) sing
Past form - sang(vowel from i to a)
Past participle - (have) sung (i to u)
Present participle - singing
3rd person singular - sings

5. Irregular Verb- new words TO BE
Present - to be
I am, you are, (s)he is, we are, your are, they are
Past Tense - I was, you were, (s)he was, we were, they were
Part Participle - (have) been
Present Participle - being

6. OTHER FORMS No change - I hit today I hit yesterday I have hit before.
Other verbs that don’t change include hurt, let, put,quit, shut.
Past participle changes to en Break, broke, broken Speak, spoke, spoken
Special problems
lay (to place) laid laid
lie(to recline) lay lain

7. SIMPLE VERB TENSES TENSE MEANS “TIME”
Present tense - Now- She cooks well.
Past tense - Completed - She cooked yesterday
Future tense - yet to happen - She will cook tomorrow.

8. What does person mean? First Person - person speaking (I, we)
Second Person - person spoken to (you)
Third person - person spoken about (she, he, it, they)
Singular - one person
Plural - more than one person
Third person singular - usually ends in s

9. Taking a verb through all the tenses
Conjugating a verb
Taking a verb through all the tenses

10. Start with the principle parts of the verb
Present - (to) cook
Past cooked
Past Participle – (have) cooked
Present Participle - cooking

11. Regular Verb conjugation
Simple tenses

12. Infinitive - To Cook Present forms – cook, cooks
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st I cook We cook
2nd You cook You cook
3rd (S)he, it cooks They cook

13. Past Tense of regular verb (add d, ed, t) Past tense form - cooked
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st I cooked We cooked
2nd You cooked You cooked
3rd (S)he, it cooked They cooked

14. Future tense adds shall or will Future tense – shall/will cook
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st I shall cook We shall cook
2nd You will cook You will cook
3rd (S)he, it will cook They will cook

15. PERFECT TENSES: action in the past continuing in the present
Present Perfect - have + past participle
Past Perfect - had + past participle
Future Perfect - will (shall) + have + past participle
I have cooked; he has cooked
I had cooked
I shall have cooked

16. Present Perfect – Have/has plus past participle
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st I have cooked We have cooked
2nd You have cooked You have cooked
3rd (S)he,it has cooked They have cooked

17. Past Perfect – had plus the past participle
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st I had cooked We had cooked
2nd You had cooked You had cooked
3rd (S)he,it had cooked They had cooked

18. Future Perfect shall/will+have+past particple
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st I shall have cooked We shall have cooked
2nd You will have cooked You will have cooked
3rd (S)he,it will have cooked They will have cooked

19. Progressive Tense Verb of being plus present participle

20. Present Progressive Present form of be plus present participle (ing form of the verb)
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st I am cooking We are cooking
2nd You are cooking You are cooking
3rd (S)he,it is cooking They are cooking

21. Past Progressive – past form of be plus present participle
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st I was cooking We were cooking
2nd You were cooking You were cooking
3rd (S)he,it was cooking They were cooking

22. Future Progressive shall/will + be + present participle
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st I shall be cooking We shall be cooking
2nd You will be cooking You will be cooking
3rd (S)he,it will be cooking They will be cooking

23. Do, does, did plus present form of verb
Emphatic Tense
Do, does, did plus present form of verb

24. Present emphatic Do or does plus present form
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st I do cook We do cook
2nd You do cook You do cook
3rd (S)he,it does cook They do cook

25. Past Emphatic Did plus the present form of the verb
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st I did cook We did cook
2nd You did cook You did cook
3rd (S)he,it did cook They did cook

26. Why is tense important? Maintain one tense in a paper, if possible
Maintain one tense in a paragraph-a must
TENSE SHIFT constitutes a serious problem
The tense of the verb in the main clause determines the verb of the paragraph.

27. Subject-Verb-Agreement
Only third person singular has an s on it, but third person singular must have an s.
I sees it. NO
He see it. NO
The object of a prepositions does not determine the person of the verb
The boys in the band are talented.
The girl on the stairs is beautiful.

28. VOICE - Active and Passive
This is not tense. Tense exists within voice.
ACTIVE VOICE - Has to do with the logic of the sentence. The SUBJECT does the ACTION. Tom ate the pie. TOM is the ACTOR. The action is ATE. The thing being eaten is PIE -the direct object
Must be an ACTION verb.
Must be a TRANSITIVE verb - has an object.

29. PASSIVE VOICE -BOO HISS
What is it?
Be + Past Participle
Examples: was thrown, was being thrown, was dented, is gone, were elevate
Sentences in passive voice:
The ball was thrown by Tom.
He was being thrown out of the park.
The car was dented by the vandal.

30. Change passive to active voice
The bacon was cooked by Mary Lou. (p)
Mary Lou cooked the bacon.(a)
The job was done well. (No prep. phrase) (p)
To solve this problem ask, “Who did the job?”
The plumber did the job well.(a)

31. Editing Compositions for Verb Errors
After writing the paragraphs edit by
Checking the verbs in each main clause for consistency (all present, all past)
Avoid future tense by checking for the use of shall and will
In what person are you writing? Third person singular is the best to use. Check your verbs for correct 3rd person singular form for subject-verb agreement if in present tense.
NO passive voice.

32. Consistency in tense demands consistency in person
Write in third person singular or plural
Never use second person - you -
Avoid I and one.
Avoid there + be structures
Use concrete nouns
Use action verbs
After this, that, these or those , use a noun

33. PASSIVE VOICE - BEWARE Avoid passive voice when at all possible
Why? Not logical, makes the receiver of the action the subject, buries the actor in a prepositional phrase at the end of the sentence, adds words
The pie was eaten by Tom.
Verb was (be) eaten (PP)
Subject -Pie - thing acted upon
Object of Preposition - Tom - actor
Added words - was, by.
Logical order of words results in ACTIVE voice, no verb of being, and fewer words.
Tom ate the pie.

34. Worksheet My mother cleaned the living room ASK – WHAT IS THE ACTION?
cleaned simple predicate
cleaned the living room complete predicate
Ask – WHO IS DOING THIS ACTION?
Mother simple subject
My mother complete subject

35. Diagram
Subject predicate
Mother cleaned room
The
the
living

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A tiny mosquito landed on my arm.
The gray spider spun a beautiful web.
The window in my bedroom blew open.
My friends and I played lacrosse in the field behind the school.
Sara picked up a stick from the ground.
The brown cow gazed in the meadow.
Mark sneezed loudly.
We played darts in the garage.
Marcia baked a chocolate cake in the oven.
The candles on the birthday cake burned brightly.
Isabella opened up her umbrella.

37. Complete subjects, complete predicates, simple subject, simple predicate
The horse trotted.
Three mice ran across the floor.
Greg’s dog chews his bone.
Santa came on Christmas Eve.
The dusty book fell off the table.
Sheila brought a new car.
A taxi driver stopped at the corner.
The laundry basket was full.
I read that book last week.
Karen’s sister came over.