Are Verbs important? Why/ why not?

The English verb has only 2 forms.

Right answer: It has 3 forms: The Infinitive, the Gerund & the Participle

a) How are the 3 Verb Forms used?

e.g. I play, I am playingI want to play

While playing, I hurt myself

b) How are the 3 Verb Forms used?

e.g. I was happy when I got your e-mail

I was happy to get your e-mail.

Main OR Finite Verbs = the backbone of a sentence, limited by number, person, voice, mood and tense.

Auxiliary OR Helping Verbs = aids of Main ones responsible for changing Moods in a sentence.

Right answer: aids of Main verbs in forming the tenses (BE, HAVE, DO).

Modal Verbs= further aids of both Main and Auxiliary ones and responsible for changing Moods within a sentence.

What are Transitive Verbs?

What are Intransitive Verbs?

Can verbs be both Transitive & Intransitive?

Can Intransitive verbs have Transitive uses?

What are Double-Object Verbs?

What are the 2 possible constructions of Double-Object Verbs?

A verb’s ‘number’

All of the above

focuses on the action

must come before the subject

shifts the focus of the sentence

is obvious by the person & the verb ending(s)

A verb’s ‘Person’ OR ‘Subject’ can be:

a noun phrase in the nominative case

a noun clause

a gerund/ gerund phrase

a common or proper noun/ a pronoun

all of the following choices

Voice= form of the verb that shifts the focus of the sentence.

There are 4 Main Voices in English.

Right answer: 2 - Active & Passive (& a kind of Middle Voice).

Match to the right definition by clicking in turn on the right yellow shape:

Active Voice

Middle Voice I

Passive Voice

Middle Voice II

Moods

show fact, non-fact, orders, etc

focuses on action & object

focuses on ‘who’

has the action returning to the subject

can be formed by -self pronouns

What does the ‘Infinitive Column’ of the Irregular-Verbs List give?

How is the ‘Past Column’ of the Irregular-Verbs List used?

And the ‘Participle Column’?

Double Participle Verbs= transitive verbs with two objects.

Right answer: verbs with two participle forms: one for the perfect and passive tenses & one used as adjective, predicate or suffix in compound adjectives.

What are the 2 participle forms of the following verbs?

• work: wrought, worked• drink: drunken, drunk• load: laden, loaded• get: gotten, got• rot: rotten, rotted• knit: knit, knitted• sink: sunken, sunk• shave: shaven, shaved• shrink: shrunken, shrunk• strike: stricken, struck• clothe: clad, clothed• light: lighted, lit• swell: swollen, swelled

What are the spelling rules for the ‘3rd person singular of the Present’?

What are the pronunciation rules for the ‘-s ending of the 3rd person singular of the Present’?

What are the spelling rules for the ‘-ed ending of the Past Simple & the Past Participle’?

What are the pronunciation rules for the ‘-ed ending of the Past Simple & the Past Participle’?

What are the spelling rules for the ‘-ing ending of the Gerund & the Present Participle’?