Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle bear bore born beat beat beaten become became become bend bent bent bet bet bet bid bid, bade bid, baden bind bound bound bite bit bitten bleed bled bled blow blew blown breed bred bred broadcast broadcast boradcast build built built burst burst burst bust bust bust cast cast cast [...]
Fill in the gaps with the verbs. Choose the correct tense. a) – Peter, what _____________________ (do) yesterday? – I _____________________ (play) football with Mike. b) John’s father _____________________ (be) very unhappy: when he _____________________ (get) back home, he _____________________ (find) that thieves _____________________ (break) into his flat. c) Mum, Sarah _____________________ (break) my TV! [...]
Listed below are some of the more common Irregular Verbs that you often use. They are organized into the Infinitive, Simple Past and Past Participle. Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle be was/were been I am I was I have been you are you were you have been he is he was he has been go [...]
CAN (1) Ability: e.g.I can drive. (2) Possibility: e.g. I can come. MUST (1) Obligation: e.g. I must do my homework. (2) For an opinion that you think has a good possibility of being true. Look at his uniform. He must be a policeman. MAY 1) Probability She may come tomorrow. 2) In a very [...]
Today let us study some Verbs and they are termed as Infinitve, Preterite and Past Participle. In the traditional description of English, the infinitive of a verb is its basic form with or without the particle to: therefore, do and to do, be and to be, and so on are infinitives. The preterite (also praeterite, [...]
Regarding the above Topic, Heather MacFadyen had written quite a good explanation which I am reproducing here. Depending on the type of object they take, verbs may be transitive, intransitive, or linking. The meaning of a transitive verb is incomplete without a direct object, as in the following examples: INCOMPLETE The shelf holds. COMPLETE The [...]
From my previous posts, we understand what are action verbs and for today how about you trying to pick out the verb phrases in the following sentences. Watch for the helping verbs. 1. I can understand his concern. 2. She must have told you ten times. 3. We shall go tomorrow. 4. The wind was [...]
Verbs are the most important words in a sentence. Verbs are the first of the eight parts of speech that we will be studying. Most verbs are action words, but a few verbs indicate state of being or existence. Today let us learn about Action Verbs, and how they are recognized and used. Can you [...]
What are Modal Verbs? Modal verbs are special verbs which behave very differently from normal verbs. Here are some important differences: 1. Modal verbs do not take “-s” in the third person. Examples: * He can speak Chinese. * She should be here by 9:00. 2. You use “not” to make modal verbs negative, even [...]
In the English language, a modal verb is an auxiliary verb that can be used to change the grammatical mood of a sentence. The key way to identify a modal verb is by its defectiveness (they have neither participles nor infinitives). The modal verbs in English are as follows, paired as present and preterite forms: [...]
