Post on 13-Apr-2017
Verbs and Verb TensesYr 8 English
Verbs and Verb TensesLearning Intention
To know and understand what verbs and verb tenses are.
Success Criteria I can say what verbs and
verb tenses are. I can say and give
examples of verb tenses. I can define and list the
functions of verbs.
Key Vocabulary verb participles present participles past participles verb tenses present past future indicative conditional imperative
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What is a verb? Verbs express actions. They are doing, being
and having words.
Doing
Being Having
What are tenses? Tenses of verbs tell us
when actions happen. Present Past Future
What are participles? Present participles are
part verbs ending in –ing e.g. jumping, thinking e.g. I am (helper) thinking
(present participle).
Past participles are used to make a complete (finite) verb.
e.g. eaten, taken e.g. I will have (two helpers)
worked (past participle) hard.
English uses many helper (auxiliary) verbs. The main ones are made from to be and to have. They are placed before:
present participles past participles
Sometimes more thanOne helper is needed toMake a complete verb.
Types of verb tensesType Present Past FutureSimple run ran shall/will
runContinuous Is running was running shall/will be
runningComplete (perfect)
have run had run shall/will have run
Complete (perfect) continuous
have been running
had been running
shall/will have been running
I run on the track.
I ran on the track.
I will run on the track.
Types of verb tensesVerb Present Past Futureskipwalkeathelpthink
Function of verbs Verbs have functions. In grammar these are called moods. We can state facts, impose conditions or
give orders.
Function of verbs Function Present Past FutureStating a fact(indicative)
work worked shall/will work
Imposing limits (conditional)
should workwould work
should have worked
would have worked
should/would replaced shall/will
Expressing a command, request or an entreaty (imperative)
Let us work. (first person)
Let him/her/it/them work. (third person)
Work! Come! (implied second person)
Function of verbs - examples
Function Present Past FutureStating a fact(indicative)
I walk to the shops.
She went to a party yesterday.
He will buy a mobile phone tomorrow.
Imposing limits (conditional)
A new stove would work better than this old one.
The light should have worked as I put in a new globe.
He should study harder next year.
Expressing a command, request or an entreaty (imperative)
Come here! (command)
Please let him come to your party. (request)
Let’s not argue. (entreaty/begging)
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