Part of Speech: The Verb

Question 1

Verb

Answer 1

* Show actions in sentences and in fact all sentences must have this part of speech.

* Link ideas

* Help other verbs

Question 2

What is the verb in this sentence:
The bear roars.

Answer 2

ROARS

Question 3

How to be agreeable?

Answer 3

Put your “s” in the right place.

e.g.,
The dog barks[/]
The dogs barks[x]

Question 4

Tenses

Answer 4

The ability of verbs to situate themselves in time.

Question 5

What is the simple form of English tense?

Answer 5

Past > I talked
Present > I talk
Future > I will talk

Question 6

Present tense

Answer 6

How we talk about thing that are happening in the present moment.
e.g.,
> I eat a donut. (right now)

Question 7

if you have “is” and then “ing” that means that

Answer 7

it’s a present tense and it is happening now.

e.g.,
Bartie is singing in the shower.

Question 8

The past tense

Answer 8

Stuff that already happened, you can make words in past tense if you add “-ed” “-d”

e.g.,

I walked to the moon.

Question 9

The future tense

Answer 9

A sentence that indicates that it is happening in the future.

To make it a future tense you just need to add “will” before the verb.

You can also use “is going to” to make it a future tense.

e.g.,

I will eat this cupcake.

Lorraine is going to visit Canada.

Question 10

Linking verb

Answer 10

aka. , the state of being verbs because it shows the state being of something.
e. g.,

The bear is lonely.

The bear looked lonely.

The bear smells like cinnamon.

Question 11

Examples of linking verbs;

Answer 11

is

be

been

were

Question 12

Helping verbs

Answer 12

verbs that give more information about the verb and overall sentence.

e.g.,

Brian is eating a pizza.

Brian has eaten a pizza.

Brian was eating a pizza.

Brian had been eating a pizza.

Question 13

Irregular verbs

Answer 13

words that change because of the past, present, and future tense.

e.g.,

Past: ran

Present: run

Future: will run

Question 14

Important yet strangest 4 words of irregular verbs.

Answer 14

Question 15

Give examples of a Funky -ed irregular verbs

Answer 15

Ends with “-t” instead of “-ed”

Present: Sleep

Past: Slept

instead of;

Present: Walk

Past: Walked

Question 16

The vowel-shift irregular verb

Answer 16

Past P. stands for perfect/participle

This an irregular verb where the vowel of the word changes.

Always add “have”

e.g., Have sung

Question 17

Irregular verbs adding “ne” “n” or “-en”

Answer 17

Always add “had” in the past perfect/participle

e.g., had torn

Question 18

Give examples of the truly irregular verbs.

Answer 18

Question 19

Give some examples of modal auxiliary verbs.

Answer 19

Present:

1. Can
2. May
3. Shall
4. Will

Past:

1. Could
2. Might
3. Should
4. Would

Question 20

What is simple verb aspect

Answer 20

then > now > later

I walked > I walk > I will walk

Question 21

What is progressive aspect?

Answer 21

then > now > later

I was walking > I am walking > I will be walking

The action is in progress

Question 22

Define conjugate

Answer 22

give the different forms of (a verb in an inflected language) as they vary according to voice, mood, tense, number, and person.

Question 23

What is perfect aspect

Answer 23

then > now > later

I had washed the dishes. > I have washed the dishes. > I will have washed the dishes.

Referring something that had already been done in the present time.

Question 24

What is perfect progressive aspect?

Answer 24

def. to portray an idea that had been on going in the past and is now done, had been on going on past and still happening now, or say how long something has been going on.

formula: have/had+been+verb+ “ing”

eg.,

Past - I had been eating cookies.

Present - I have been eating cookies.

Future - I will have been eating cookies.

Question 25

What is modality?

Answer 25

def. when we use verbs to express conditions on stuff.

express the:

1. Likelihood/certainty - of happening
2. Ability - to do something
3. Permission - to do something

Question 26

What are modal verbs?

Answer 26

def. when we use verbs to express conditions on stuff.

express the:

1. Likelihood/certainty - of happening
2. Ability - to do something
3. Permission - to do something

e.g.,

• may
• might
• must
• can
• could
• shall
• should
• would

Question 27

modal verbs don’t have infinitives. give an example of infinitives.

Answer 27

to

“to should” is a wrong grammar.