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Tense

Tense . Interesting facts about verbs. Verbs change forms to indicate tense - present past future. Fact # 1: verbs express tense. Tense is expressed by verbs with the help of four basic forms: infinitive, present participle, the past, and the past participle. .

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Tense

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  1. Tense Interesting facts about verbs

  2. Verbs change forms to indicate tense - • present • past • future

  3. Fact #1:verbs express tense

  4. Tense is expressed by verbs with the help of four basic forms: infinitive, present participle, the past, and the past participle.

  5. The infinitive is the most basic form of the verb, for example, look, eat, etc. To usually precedes the infinitive; sometimes it is not stated because it is understood (as shown in the examples below).

  6. The present participle consists of the infinitive +ingand takes a form of the verb be as an auxiliary verb.

  7. Examples • Aria loves to look at Elmo’s World. Inf. • The balloons made Aria look at the camera. lnf. 3) Aria is looking at the balloons. (is + looking = present participle)

  8. Fact 2:Verbs are either transitive or intransitive.

  9. Alec directed the action of kicking towards the ball. Kicked is a transitive verb. • Alec kicked the ball.

  10. What is a transitive verb? A verb is transitivewhen the object receives the action.

  11. A verb is intransitive when • The boy was running. verb phrase There is no direct object in this sentence. Compare it with 2) Alec kicked the ball. Direct object • The action of the verb is not directed towards anything or anyone.

  12. A verb is intransitive when 2)The dog barkedloudly. verb This sentence does not have a direct object. Loudly is not an object; it is an adverb that is modifying barked.

  13. A verb is intransitive when • John is the head prefect. verb • Is functions as a linking verb, it is an intransitive verb

  14. Fact 3: Verbs agree in number with the subject.

  15. Rules that govern this subject and verb agreement: • When two singular subjects are connected by either/or, neither/nor, it is considered a singular subject. • The verb shows agreement with this subject by the addition of –s. • Neither Aria nor Alec subject eats cherries.

  16. When one part of the compound subject is plural, and it is connected by either/or, neither/nor to the singular part, the plural subject comes after the singular subject. • The verb agrees with the plural part of the subject. The verb shows agreement with this subject by the dropping of the –s. • The boy nor the girls eat cherries. subject

  17. When the compound subject is connected by and, it is considered a plural subject. Alec and Aria eat cherries. Compound subject

  18. In cases where the subject is separated from the verb by phrases/words such as not, besides, along with, or as well as, ignore these words/phrases and ensure that the verb agrees with the actual subject. • The children, along with the teacher, are going to be interviewed. • Alec, as well as the Aria, is going to be interviewed. In both sentences the auxiliary verb agrees in number with the subject.

  19. The following pronouns are singular: anybody, each, everyone, someone. 1) Everyoneis entitled to fair treatment.

  20. Fact 4 – definition of key terms

  21. What is meant by continuous tense? • The continuous tense is formed by the appropriate form of the verb be + the present participle of the main verb. This tense is used to express an incomplete action. 1) I am watching television. Form of be present participle 2) I was watching television. form of be present participle 3) I will be watching television. be present participle

  22. What is meant by perfect tense? • The perfect tense is formed by the appropriate form of the verb to have + the past participle of the verb. This tense is used to express an action that has been completed. • He has seen that movie. form of have past part. 2) He had seen that movie. form of have past part. 3) He will have seen that movie. have past part.

  23. What is meant by participle? A participle is a word that is formed from a verb. Types of participles: • Present participle (ends with –ing) • Past participle (ends with –ed, -d, -t, -en or –n)

  24. Present Tense • The present tense is used to talk about an action that happens in the present, or an action that is regularly repeated or a condition that is true. • The present perfect is used to talk about an action that has been completed at an unspecified time.

  25. The past tense

  26. Future tense

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