Unit_012

Question 1

Every verb has three basic forms which are called the principal parts. These three forms are the present tense, the past tense, and the past participle.

Answer 1

English Grammar Rule #98

Question 2

Tense in grammar means time. Every verb has certain forms which show the time of the action or the state of condition (linking verbs). The present tense denotes present time. The past tense denotes past time.

Answer 2

English Grammar Rule #99

Question 3

the past participle of a verb is the form that is combined with the auxiliaries have, has, or had to form a verb phrase. The past participle cannot function as the predicate verb.

Answer 3

English Grammar Rule #100

Question 4

Verbs are divided into two classes on the basis of the way in which the past tense and the past participle are formed. Some are called regular verbs and others are called irregular verbs.

Answer 4

English Grammar Rule #101

Question 5

A regular verb is a verb which forms the past tense and the past participle by adding d or ed to the form used in the present tense. Sometimes the d changes to t: build, built, built.

Answer 5

English Grammar Rule #102

Question 6

An irregular verb is a verb which does not form the past tense and the past participle in the regular way; that is, by adding d or ed to the present tense. The most common way of forming the past tense and the past participle of the irregular verbs is by a change of vowel: sing, sang, sung; drink, drank, drunk; ring, rang, rung.

Answer 6

English Grammar Rule #103

Question 7

The irregular verbs are responsible for most of our verb errors. Six of these verbs require special study because they are so frequently confused. These verbs fall into three sets or pairs: lie, lay; sit, set; rise, raise.

Answer 7

English Grammar Rule #104