assignment 1 foundation verb

8/3/2019 Assignment 1 Foundation Verb

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What is a verb ?


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WRONG RIGHT

1. She at the bus-station 1. She is at the bus-station.

2. He back home. 2. He went back home.

3. The food delicious. 3. The food tastes delicious.

4. She tired. 4. She feels tired.

5. They angry with me 5. They children looked

sleepy


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There are kinds ofverbs.The

verb either express an action ordescribe a state of being. The

verb that express an action (e.g

run,sleep,drink)is called an action

verb, and the verb that express a

state of being (e.g.is,are,seem,appear)is called a

non-action verb.


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ACTION VERBS NON-ACTION VERBS

1. My cat always sleeps on the couch. 1. My cat is cute.

2. Tom is looking at you. 2. You look pretty in red.

3. Susan has bought a car. 3. The car is very expensive.

4. My children go to school by bus. 4. The bus is red.

5. Fran will stay with her sister when

she goes to Kuala Lumpur.

5. Her sister is teacher.

6. Tim will have finished his homework

by the I arrive home.

6. Her name is Fay.

7. Doris baked some cookies. 7. He seems bored.


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Characteristic of a verb

ACTION

WALK

SLEEP

KICK

STATE VERB

IS

WAS

WERE


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VERB

REGULARIRREGULAR


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Regular verb

Any verb which has an addition of -d, -ed or

-ied for the past tense and past participle.


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Infinitive Present

participle

Past Past

participleattack attacking attacked attacked

attend attending attended attended

decide deciding decided decided

behave behaving behaved behaved

bury burying buried buried

call calling called called

carry carrying carried carried


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Irregular verb

Any verb which does not use a set pattern to form the past

tense and past participle.

INFINITIVE PA

STPARTICIPLE PA

ST PA

STPARTICIPLE

bring bringing brought brought

catch catching caught caught

come coming came come

do doing did done

eat eating ate eaten

fight fighting fought fought

go going went gone


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TenseA verb can also indicate time.It is called the verb tense.The

tense show when an action takes place.

NAME OF TENSE TIME EXAMPLESimple Present Every day, often, usually,

sometimes, always, rarely,

seldom, hardly, every week

She studies.

They study.

Simple Past Yesterday, last night, two

hours ago, in 1997, last week

She studied.

They studied.

Simple Future Tomorrow, soon, in 2020,

next year, next week, in the

future

She will study.

They will study.


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Auxiliary verb

Averb is sometimes made up of morethan one word

(compound verb), for example, has

gone. Has is the auxiliary verb(helping verb) while gone is the

main verb.Auxiliary verb are used

with otherverbs to express some

grammatical function (to makequestion or to form tenses).


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Sentences Auxiliary Main

He is reading a

book.

is reading

She has written a

book.

has written

They will go home. will go

We can play tennis. can play

The man was

sleeping.

was sleeping


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To make a compound verb,you need to use a

auxiliary verb together with main verb.Auxiliary must occurbefore a main verb.

There are four types ofauxiliary verbs:

1. To be (is ,are,am,was,were)

2. To have (has,have,had)

3. Modals (will,shall,can,could,must,may,ect).

4. To do (do,does,did)


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2. The Auxiliary Be is also used to form

a passive verb.

Active Verb Passive Verb

make Is + made

are + made

made was + made

were + made


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Uses of theAuxiliary Be

1. The Auxiliary Be(is,are,am,was,were) is used to form

tenses.

Verb Tenses

Is + going

am + going

are + going

Present

continuous

was + going

were + going

Past continuous


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Uses of theAuxiliary Do(do,does,did)

1. The Auxiliary Do is used to form the

negative of the Simple Present and

Simple Past.

Verb Tensedoes + not + go

do + not + go

Simple Present

did + not + goSimple Past


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2. The Auxiliary Do is also used to form

question.

Verb Tense

Does she know?

Do they know?Simple Present

Did they know? Simple Past


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Uses of theAuxiliary Have

The Auxiliary Have is used to form tenses.

Verb Tense

has + gone

have + gonePresentperfect

had + gone

Past perfect


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Uses of theModal Auxiliary

Example ofmodal auxiliary are can,

could, may, must, will, and

should .They cannot exist themselves.They have to be combined with verbs in

the infinitive (base form) to form

complete verbs. The complete verbs

expresses a persons opinion or attitude.


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Verb Meaning

can + go is able to goshould + go advise

must + go obligation


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