1. English 10 From Writer’s Inc. & Mrs. Eberts
Verb review
English 10
From Writer’s Inc.
& Mrs. Eberts

2. Main verbs Action or linking Does not include helping/ auxiliary verbs
Workbook 90

3. Action verbs Shows action or movement
Should use about 70-80% of time in your writing
Transitive/intransitive
takes DOs and IOs
Active/passive voice

4. Linking verbs Shows a state of being
Many come from the verb to be
Refer to poem: Am, are, is, was, were, shall be…
Often also act as helping verbs
Text 507.3; workbook 92

5. Auxiliary verbs Also called helping verbs
forms of to be, have, can, will, could, should, would, etc.
Text 507.1; workbook 91

6. Tenses Simple Past Present Future Perfect Past Perfect Present Perfect
Text 511.1; workbook 93, 95, 96

7. Simple tenses use NO helping verbs (Exception: future uses will)
Tenses, cont’d
Simple tenses use NO helping verbs (Exception: future uses will)
Perfect tenses use a form of have (future perfect uses will + have)
511.1

8. Present tense note
Present tense ONLY: rd person singular – he, she, it – adds –s to verb

9. Conjugation
Matches correct form of verb with singular and plural pronouns in the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd person
Use the chart!!!
Maintain same tense within each chart
Text 510.1, 510.2

10. Conjugation, cont’d to go Singular Plural 1st I go we 2nd you 3rd
he, she, it
goes
they
Text 510.2

11. Voice Action verbs only!!
Active voice
Applies to action verbs only
Subject DOES the action
Passive voice
Applies to action verbs only
Subject RECEIVES the action
Text 510.3; workbook 94

12. Transitivity Action verbs only!!
Transitive
Take a direct object to complete action
May also take an indirect object
Will NOT have an IO without a DO
Intransitive
Action is complete in itself
Does NOT take an object
May have other modifiers
Text 507.2, 508.1; workbook 98, 99

13. Verbals Derived from verbs, but act as other parts of speech Gerund
Infinitive
Participle
Text 508.2; workbook 100

14. Verbals, cont’d functions as Type of verbal Noun Adj Adv
gerund (ends in –ing) x
infinitive (introduced by to) X
participle (ends in –ing or –ed)
Text 508.2; workbook chart 100

15. Gerunds ‘-ing’ verbs that act as nouns Examples:
Shopping is a favorite activity.
Talking instead of listening caused me to misunderstand the assignment.
Text 508.2

16. Infinitives ‘to’ + verb (always keep them together) Example:
“To sleep, perchance to dream…”
May act as noun, adjective, or adverb
Split infinitive: don’t do it!
Do NOT conjugate infinitives
Text 509.1

17. Participles Present participle ends in –ing
uses a form of to be as a helping verb
acts as adjective when not used as a verb with its helper
also called “progressive form”
Past Participle
regular verbs end in –d or –ed
uses a form of have as helping verb
acts as an adjective when not used as a verb with its helper
Text 509.2

18. Verb moods Indicative: statements & questions Imperative: commands
Subjunctive: conditions contrary to fact (wishes, dreams, as if, as though)
Text 512.1; workbook 101

19. Regular/Irregular
Regular: forms past tense and past participle with –d or –ed ending
Irregular: doesn’t! ;-) forms past tense and past participle in other ways!
Text 509.2; workbook 102, 103

20. Principle parts of verbs
Primarily:
Present
Past
Past Participle
Text 509 chart

21. Principle parts of verbs, cont’d
Infinitive
Present
Past
Past Participle
to go
go/goes
went
have gone
to see
see/s
saw
have seen
to kick
kick/s
kicked
have kicked
to have
have/has
had
have had
to read
read/s
read
have read
Text 509 chart