1 / 37

VERBS - MAKE WRITING STRONGER

Learn verb forms - regular and irregular verbs, present, past, participle, and more. Understand tenses, conjugation, and subject-verb agreement for effective writing.

christopherserrano
Download Presentation

VERBS - MAKE WRITING STRONGER

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. VERBS - MAKE WRITING STRONGER Lyla Nabulsi Stripes team

  2. VERB FORMS-SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION • Regular verbs - • to + verb = the infinitive = present tense form • Past tense = present tense form + d, ed, or t • Past participle = to have + past form • Irregular verbs - • to + verb = the infinitive = present tense form • Past tense = vowel change, new word, other • Past participle = another vowel change, new word, other

  3. Regular Verbs • Present form = (to) like • Past form = (add d, ed, or t) liked (not likeed or liket) • Past Participle = (have) liked (the same as the past) • Present Participle = liking • 3rd person singular - likes

  4. Irregular Verb - Vowel Change • Present form - (to) sing • Past form - sang(vowel from i to a) • Past participle - (have) sung (i to u) • Present participle - singing • 3rd person singular - sings

  5. Irregular Verb- new wordsTO BE • Present - to be • I am, you are, (s)he is, we are, your are, they are • Past Tense - I was, you were, (s)he was, we were, they were • Part Participle - (have) been • Present Participle - being

  6. OTHER FORMS • No change - I hit today I hit yesterday I have hit before. Other verbs that don’t change include hurt, let,put,quit, shut. • Past participle changes to en Break, broke, broken Speak, spoke, spoken • Special problems • lay (to place) laid laid • lie(to recline) lay lain

  7. SIMPLE VERB TENSES • TENSE MEANS “TIME” • Present tense - Now- She cooks well. • Past tense - Completed - She cooked yesterday • Future tense - yet to happen - She will cook tomorrow.

  8. What does person mean? • First Person - person speaking (I, we) • Second Person - person spoken to (you) • Third person - person spoken about (she, he, it, they) • Singular - one person • Plural - more than one person • Third person singular - usually ends in s

  9. Conjugating a verb Taking a verb through all the tenses

  10. Start with the principle parts of the verb • Present - (to) cook • Past - cooked • Past Participle – (have) cooked • Present Participle - cooking

  11. Regular Verb conjugation Simple tenses

  12. Infinitive - To Cook Present forms – cook, cooks • SINGULAR PLURAL • 1st I cook We cook • 2nd You cook You cook • 3rd (S)he, it cooks They cook

  13. Past Tense of regular verb (add d, ed, t)Past tense form - cooked • SINGULAR PLURAL • 1st I cooked We cooked • 2nd You cooked You cooked • 3rd (S)he, it cooked They cooked

  14. Future tense adds shall or willFuture tense – shall/will cook • SINGULAR PLURAL • 1st I shall cook We shall cook • 2nd You will cook You will cook • 3rd (S)he, it will cook They will cook

  15. PERFECT TENSES: action in the past continuing in the present • Present Perfect - have + past participle • Past Perfect - had + past participle • Future Perfect - will (shall) + have + past participle • I have cooked; he has cooked • I had cooked • I shall have cooked

  16. Present Perfect – Have/has plus past participle • SINGULAR PLURAL • 1st I have cooked We have cooked • 2nd You have cooked You have cooked • 3rd (S)he,it has cooked They have cooked

  17. Past Perfect – had plus the past participle • SINGULAR PLURAL • 1st I had cooked We had cooked • 2nd You had cooked You had cooked • 3rd (S)he,it had cooked They had cooked

  18. Future Perfect shall/will+have+past particple • SINGULAR PLURAL • 1st I shall have cooked We shall have cooked • 2nd You will have cooked You will have cooked • 3rd (S)he,it will have cooked They will have cooked

  19. Progressive TenseVerb of being plus present participle

  20. Present Progressive Present form of be plus present participle (ing form of the verb) • SINGULAR PLURAL • 1st I am cooking We are cooking • 2nd You are cooking You are cooking • 3rd (S)he,it is cooking They are cooking

  21. Past Progressive – past form of be plus present participle • SINGULAR PLURAL • 1st I was cooking We were cooking • 2nd You were cooking You were cooking • 3rd (S)he,it was cooking They were cooking

  22. Future Progressiveshall/will + be + present participle • SINGULAR PLURAL • 1st I shall be cooking We shall be cooking • 2nd You will be cooking You will be cooking • 3rd (S)he,it will be cooking They will be cooking

  23. Emphatic Tense Do, does, did plus present form of verb

  24. Present emphatic Do or does plus present form • SINGULAR PLURAL • 1st I do cook We do cook • 2nd You do cook You do cook • 3rd (S)he,it does cook They do cook

  25. Past EmphaticDid plus the present form of the verb • SINGULAR PLURAL • 1st I did cook We did cook • 2nd You did cook You did cook • 3rd (S)he,it did cook They did cook

  26. Why is tense important? • Maintain one tense in a paper, if possible • Maintain one tense in a paragraph-a must • TENSE SHIFT constitutes a serious problem • The tense of the verb in the main clause determines the verb of the paragraph.

  27. Subject-Verb-Agreement • Only third person singular has an s on it, but third person singular must have an s. • I sees it. NO • He see it.NO • The object of a prepositions does not determine the person of the verb • The boys in the band are talented. • The girl on the stairs is beautiful.

  28. VOICE - Active and Passive • This is not tense. Tense exists within voice. • ACTIVE VOICE - Has to do with the logic of the sentence. The SUBJECT does the ACTION. Tom ate the pie. TOM is the ACTOR. The action is ATE. The thing being eaten is PIE -the direct object • Must be an ACTION verb. • Must be a TRANSITIVE verb - has an object.

  29. PASSIVE VOICE -BOO HISS • What is it? • Be + Past Participle • Examples: was thrown, was being thrown, was dented, is gone, were elevate • Sentences in passive voice: • The ball was thrown by Tom. • He was being thrown out of the park. • The car was dented by the vandal.

  30. Change passive to active voice • The bacon was cooked by Mary Lou. (p) • Mary Lou cooked the bacon.(a) • The job was done well. (No prep. phrase) (p) • To solve this problem ask, “Who did the job?” • The plumber did the job well.(a)

  31. Editing Compositions for Verb Errors • After writing the paragraphs edit by • Checking the verbs in each main clause for consistency (all present, all past) • Avoid future tense by checking for the use of shall and will • In what person are you writing? Third person singular is the best to use. Check your verbs for correct 3rd person singular form for subject-verb agreement if in present tense. • NO passive voice.

  32. Consistency in tense demands consistency in person • Write in third person singular or plural • Never use second person - you - • Avoid I and one. • Avoid there + be structures • Use concrete nouns • Use action verbs • After this, that, these or those , use a noun

  33. PASSIVE VOICE - BEWARE • Avoid passive voice when at all possible • Why? Not logical, makes the receiver of the action the subject, buries the actor in a prepositional phrase at the end of the sentence, adds words • The piewas eatenby Tom. • Verb was (be) eaten (PP) • Subject -Pie - thing acted upon • Object of Preposition - Tom - actor • Added words - was, by. • Logical order of words results in ACTIVE voice, no verb of being, and fewer words. • Tomatethepie.

  34. Worksheet • My mother cleaned the living room • ASK – WHAT IS THE ACTION? • cleaned simple predicate • cleaned the living room complete predicate • Ask – WHO IS DOING THIS ACTION? • Mother simple subject • My mother complete subject

  35. Diagram • Subject predicate • Mother cleaned room living The the

  36. www.superteacerworksheets.com • Jordan slept on the sofa. • A tiny mosquito landed on my arm. • The gray spider spun a beautiful web. • The window in my bedroom blew open. • My friends and I played lacrosse in the field behind the school. • Sara picked up a stick from the ground. • The brown cow gazed in the meadow. • Mark sneezed loudly. • We played darts in the garage. • Marcia baked a chocolate cake in the oven. • The candles on the birthday cake burned brightly. • Isabella opened up her umbrella.

  37. Complete subjects, complete predicates, simple subject, simple predicate • The horse trotted. • Three mice ran across the floor. • Greg’s dog chews his bone. • Santa came on Christmas Eve. • The dusty book fell off the table. • Sheila brought a new car. • A taxi driver stopped at the corner. • The laundry basket was full. • I read that book last week. • Karen’s sister came over.

More Related