Verbs have four principal parts of verbs or fundamental forms that are used to create a tense
The Verb
Definition:
A verb is an action or express word. It indicates the action or express in the present, past and future tenses.
The Principal Parts Of Verbs
e.g.
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present Participle |
---|---|---|---|
abandon | abandoned | abandoned | abandoning |
accept | accepted | accepted | accepting |
go | went | gone | going |
take | took | taken | taking |
become | became | became | becoming |
cut | cut | cut | cutting |
read | read | read | reading |
complete | completed | completed | completing |
delete | deleted | deleted | deleting |
Agreement Of The Verb With The Subject
Definition:
A verb must agree with its Subject in Number and Person. When we use a verb, we have to say who or what is doing the action. This ‘who or what’ is the subject of the verb. The subject and the verb agree when they match each other.
Singular Verb
Use a singular verb if the subject is a singular noun.
e.g.
John goes to office | She eats a mango |
The poet composes poetry | They build a temple |
This form of the verb is called the third person singular. You use it when the subject of the verb is not you or the person you are speaking to, but some other person - a third person - or a thing. The third person singular verbs that end in ‘s’
e.g.
Runs | Waits | Goes | Rings |
e.g.
My uncle and guardian has come | Mom and Dad love us |
Plural Verb
Use a plural verb if the subject is a plural noun. Do not add s, es or ies to plural verbs. Plural verbs are also used with the pronouns I, we, you and they.
e.g.
My brothers listen to music a lot | Some people drink coffee |
The stars shine brightly on a clear night | Some children learn very fast |
I listen to music a lot | We drink tea on every day |
You eat well | They build a temple |
The Verb gives us what people, animals or things are doing. It has six basic verb forms :
The Six Basic Verb Forms
e.g.
Base Form | walk | go |
---|---|---|
Present | walk / walks | go / goes |
Past | walked | went |
Infinitive | to walk | to go |
Present Participle | walking | going |
Past Participle | Walked | gone |
Base Form
The base form is the source for the present, infinitive, and past participle of the verb.Present :
This refers to something that is existing or happening now or happens routinely.
e.g.
I do my homework daily |
He goes to temple |
The main difference between the present and base forms is that the third-person singular present form adds -s or -es to the base form of the verb;
Past :
This form of a verb is used to indicate that something has already been completed.
e.g.
I did my homework | He went to temple |
Infinitive :
The infinitive of a verb consists of to 1 its base form.
e.g.
to buy | to get | to go |
Past Participle:
This is formed by regular verbs or irregular verbs. It is used with the helping verb such as has, have or had.
e.g.
I have completed my homework |
She has come home |
Present Participle:
This is formed by adding -ing to the end of present verbs. It is used with forms of the verb to be, such as am, is, are, was, or were. This expresses an ongoing action
e.g.
I am going to school |
He is playing cricket |
Right Form Of Verbs Rules
The verbs of a simple sentence
Verb is a core of every sentence. Without verb, a group of words is only a fragment of a sentence instead of a complete sentence. Even if a sentence contains only one word, that word must be a verb:
e.g.
Run! | Wait! | Go! | Ring! |
Every verb must have a subject, expressed or understood. The subject of a verb is to assert something about its subject that is, to tell what the subject does (did, will do) or that the subject is (was, will be) something.
Subject + verb
e.g.
Subject | Verb |
---|---|
Horse | eats |
This sentence consists of one clause. The clause has two parts, a Subject and a Verb. But this is not a complete sentence.
Subject + verb + object
e.g.
Subject | Verb | Object |
---|---|---|
Horse | eats | grass |
The object of a clause is normally comes after the verb. This sentence is a complete sentence. The grass is clearly affected by the action of eating
Share this page
Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.comments powered by DisqusOut of the 2265 most frequently used words, 1010 were identified as verbs. However, 457 words were primarily used as verbs, while the remaining 553 words were different types but could be used as a verb. For example, the word 'address' is a noun, such as, 'What is your mailing address?' However, it can also be a verb, 'Please address the judge as your honor.'Because of the multiple meaning of words, the ordering of words were conducted by 1) taking the frequency of only verb types, then 2) taking the frequency of (verb + other type), then finally 3) taking the frequency of (other type + verb).
There can be typos or errors. If you find anything that is incorrect, please email [email protected]. We will do our best to correct everything.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Do you need to Learn English Faster?
Do you want to speak English fluently?
The best way to learn English is now available!!! > > >The SKESL System< < <
An English verb can be regular or irregular. Regular verbs form their past and past participle forms by adding –ed.
Examples are given below.
Walk – walked – walked
Dance – danced – danced
Paint – painted – painted
Work – worked – worked
Irregular verbs form their past and past participle forms in different ways.
There are mainly three types of irregular verbs.
Verbs in which all the three forms are the same (e.g. put – put – put)
Verbs in which two of the three forms are the same (e.g. sit – sat – sat)
Verbs in which all three forms are different (e.g. drink – drank – drunk)
Some verbs can be both regular and irregular. Examples are:
Burn – burnt – burnt (irregular)
Burn – burned – burned (regular)
Dream – dreamt – dreamt (irregular)
Dream – dreamed – dreamed (regular)
Lean – lent – lent (irregular)
Lean – leaned – leaned (regular)
Learn – learnt – learnt (irregular)
Learn – learned – learned (regular)
Leap – leapt – leapt (irregular)
Leap – leaped – leaped (regular)
Smell – smelt – smelt (irregular)
Smell – smelled – smelled (regular)
Spill – spilt – spilt (irregular)
Spill – spilled – spilled (regular)
Spoil – spoilt – spoilt (irregular)
Spoil – spoiled – spoiled (regular)
Complete the following sentences using the past or past participle form of the verb given in the brackets.
1. It has been ages since I last ……………… him. (see)
2. The old man has ……………….. better days (see)
3. The cat ………………. all the milk. (drink)
4. The child has ………………… all the milk. (drink)
Answers
1. It has been ages since I last saw him.
2. The old man has seen better days
3. The cat drank all the milk.
4. The child has drunk all the milk.