Verbs Test Review

• I The verb is the key work in the predicate; it tells what the subject of the sentence is, has, does or feels.
• Some examples of verbs are:
• Burt works at the park.
• Mary trims the trees.
• The doctor loves his job.
• Most verbs are action verbs. Some action verbs refer to physical action, while others refer to mental action.
• Some examples of action verbs are:
• The gardener feeds the ducks. (physical action)
• They think she is awesome! (mental action)
• Other verbs are being verbs. These do not refer to action, they just tell what the subject is.
• The most common being verbs are forms of be itself. (are, am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been). There are some other verbs that can express a state of being as well as being used as action verbs (appear, become, feel, grow, look, seem, remain, smell, sound, stay, taste, turn).
• Some examples of being verbs are:
• She is the most famous actress in the world.
• The yellow tiger seems very happy.
• Verbs that express a state of being can sometimes be used as linking verbs. These verbs connect the subject with a noun or adjective in the predicate that names or describes the subject. These verbs can be replaced with an equal sign (=).
• Some examples of linking verbs are:
• Peanut is a toad. (links Peanut with toad, making toad the predicate nominative)
• Peanut is tiny. (links Peanut with tiny, making tiny the predicate adjective)
• Sometimes the verb in a sentence is made up of more than one word. These groups of words that act as a single verb are called verb phrases; they consist of one or more helping verbs followed by a main verb.
• Some examples of verb phrases are:
• She has won the competition. (has is the helping verb, won is the main verb)
• They have been gathering at the supermarket every week. (have and been are helping verbs, gathering is the main verb)
• There are many helping verbs, but some are the most common (am, is, are, was, were, be, been, has, have, had, can, could, will, would, might, may, shall, should, does, do, did). Some verbs can be used as either helping verbs or main verbs.
• Sometimes words that don't belong come in between a verb phrase; these are called interrupters. These are not part of the verb phrase.
• Some examples of verb phrases with interrupters are:
• Can you see the blue sky? (can see)
• I have not been outside lately. (have been)
• Don't go out into this weather. (do go)
• Verbs that are alone, or in simple form, can be found in three tenses (present, past, future).
• Some examples of simple verbs are:
• She laughs at the joke. (present tense, happening right now)
• They heard the dog barking last week. (past tense, already happened)
• She will come home next Saturday. (future tense, will happen later)
• There are also certain rules to form these verbs in these tenses, these are:
• In the present tense;
• to make most verbs singulars add -s (walk - walks)
• to make a verb that ends in s, sh, x, z or ch singular add es (watch - watches)
• to make a verb that ends in a consonant and y singular, change the y to i and add es (cry - cries)
• when the subject is plural, do not change the form of the verb (run - run)
• In the past tense;
• for most verbs, add ed (talk - talked)
• when a short verb ends in b, d, g, l, m, n, p, r or t, double the consonant and add ed (hug - hugged)
• when a verb ends in e, drop the e and add ed (hope - hoped)
• when a verb ends in a consonant and y, change the y to i and add ed (try - tried)
• In the future tense;
• use the basic form of the verb with the helping verb will or shall (will run, shall eat)
• Since or and nor offer options when choosing the verb, you have to look at the subject nearest to the verb to determine if you're going to use a singular or plural verb.
• Some examples of sentence subjects with or and nor are:
• My parents or my brother is going to pick me up.
• My brother or my parents are going to pick me up.
• Be, have, and do are the most frequently used verbs. There are no simple rules for forming their tenses.

• Each verb has four basic forms called principal parts, these are:
• the infinitive verb (normal) - paint, touch, carry, love
• the present participle (preceded by am, is or are) - painting, touching, carrying, loving
• the past verb (already happened) - painted, touched, carried, loved
• the past participle (preceded by have or has) - painted, touched, carried, loved
• Other verbs are in perfect tense, these are also found in present, past or future. We must also follow certain rules when writing them.
• In the present perfect tense the action occurred at an indefinite time in the past and it may still be going on.
• Some examples of verbs in present perfect tense are:
• The teacher has explained the material very well.
• In the past perfect tense the action occurred in the past and it was already completed before another action took place.
• Some examples of verbs in past perfect tense are:
• The teacher had explained the material very well before the class ended.
• In the future perfect tense the action hasn't occurred, it will be completed before another action in the future:
• Some examples of verbs in future perfect tense are:
• The teacher will have explained the material very well before the class ends.
• Some verbs do not follow a regular pattern when forming their tenses, these verbs are called irregular verbs. There are many of these, but be, have, and do are the most irregular. (reference the irregular verbs list on edline)

• Some verbs express action in progress; they are called progressive verbs. The progressive isn't a separate tense, but an additional form for each of the six tenses. These forms are made up of a form of be and the present participle. The helping verb shows the tense.
• An example of a present progressive verb is;
• We are studying plants in school now.
• An example of a past progressive verb is;
• We were studying plants when the bell rang.
• An example of a future progressive verb is;
• We will be studying plants again tomorrow.
• An example of a present perfect progressive verb is;
• We have been studying plants for several days.
• An example of a past perfect progressive verb is;
• We had been studying plants for only a day when we had our field trip.
• An example of a future perfect progressive verb is;
• We will have been studying plants for weeks by the time our project is done.
• There are action verbs that send the action to a noun or pronoun in the predicate, these are called transitive verbs. The noun or pronoun that receives that action is the direct object, the direct object answers who? or what?.
• An example of a transitive verb is;
• Paula hit the ball over the wall.
• Not all action verbs send their action to a noun or pronoun, the ones that don't are called intransitive verbs. All linking verbs are intransitive.
• Some examples of intransitive verbs are;
• The crowd applauded.
• People cheered wildly. (wildly is an adverb)
• Action verbs may be in active voice (when the subject is the doer), or in passive voice (when the subject is the receiver of the action). The main verb is in the past participle form with a form of the verb to be in present, past, or future.
• An example of a verb in active voice is;
• Zebras surrounded the bus.
• An example of a verb in passive voice is;
• The bus was surrounded by zebras.
• Subjects and verbs must always agree in number, there must be a subject-verb agreement. You must use a singular verb (ends in s) with a singular subject and a plural verb with a plural subject. The pronoun I may be an exception and considered as plural.

THIS REVIEW IS BASED OFF THE TEACHER'S POWER POINT PRESENTATION. IT IS ONLY A REVIEW. YOU MUST ALSO STUDY FROM THE IRREGULAR VERBS LIST AND REVIEW YOUR NOTES.