Discovering Grammar - Verbs
10 important questions on Discovering Grammar - Verbs
What is a verb?
What is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd person present and past tenses of the verb to be?
we are we were
2nd You are You were
3rd He/she/it is He/ she/ it was
They are They were
What is a transitive verb?
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What is an intransitive verb?
What is the infinitive form of a verb? If the infinitive is the only verb in a collection of words is this a sentence? Should the to be next to the verb or can it be split from it?
"many people consider it incorrect to split the infinitive"
What is the present participle? How do you make it into a finite verb with it? What is it called when you the past or present part of the verb to be to the present participle?
To form a finite verb you introduce it using the auxiliary verb to be.
The past or present tense of this verb is used and becomes the present progressive or the past progressive.
Remember a finite verb can be made up of more than one word.
The present participle can also be made into a noun. What is the name of this type of noun? Give two examples.
Shopping is fun.
The wailing was continuous.
What is the past participle? Give the past tense and past participle for to be, to break, to cook
Some examples of irregular ones
infinitive past tense past participle
to be was/ were been
to break broke broken
to cook cooked cooked
What is a continuous action indicated by the use of what? How is this formed?
The past participle of the verb to be follows the verb to have and is followed
The verb to have + The past participle of the verb to be + present participle of the required verb. The finite verb will be made up of three words.
Give an example of the present perfect progressive? Dog barking
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