Verb Forms and Verb Tenses

Fact 8 Example 8

A few irregular verbs make no changes at all in their past and past participle forms. Example: Base Form: Put; Past: Put; Past Participle [have] put

Fact 1 Example 1

A regular verb generally forms its past and past participle by adding -d or -ed to the base form. Example: The base form is clean. Past is cleaned and past participle is have cleaned.

Fact 12 Example 12

A tense of a verb indicates the time of the action or state of being expressed by the verb. Example: He lives in Boston.; He has lived in several states.; He lived in Utah.

Fact 19 Fact 19

Do not change from one tense to another without a good reason. Example: When we went to the movies, we bough popcorn.

Fact 9 Example 9

Give the correct form of each italicized verb. Example: After lunch we (wash) the car and mowed the lawn. (past participle) After lunch we washed the car and mowed the lawn. (past)

Fact 2 Example 2

Most regular verbs that end in e drop the e before adding -ing. Example: hoping

Fact 6 Example 6

Other irregular verb forms the past and past particle by changing consonants. Example: Base: Make; Past: Made; Past participle: [have] made

Fact 7 Example 7

Some irregular verbs for the past and past participle by changing both vowels and consonants. Example: Base Form: Ride; Past: Rode; Past Participle: [have] ridden

Fact 5 Example 5

Some irregular verbs form the past and past participle by changing vowels. Example: Base Form: Begin; Past: Began; Past Participle: [have] begun

Fact 4 Example 4

Some verb do not fit the regular pattern. Example: Base Form: Drink; Past:Drank; Past Participle: [have] drunk

Fact 3 Example 3

Some verbs double the final consonant before adding -ed or -ing. Example: hugged or hugging

Fact 18 Example 18

The future perfect tense ~expresses an action or state of being that will end before another future action or state of being Example: By the end of the trip, the class will have toured three ruins. (future)

Fact 17 Example 17

The future tense ~ expresses an action that will occur or a state of being that will exist. ~is usually formed with will or shall plus the base form. Example: The class will tour the Indian ruins. (future)

Fact 16 Example 16

The past perfect tense ~ expresses an action or a state of being that ended before another past action or state of being. ~ is usually formed with had plus the past participle Example: The scouts had hiked five miles before they stopped for lunch. (present perfect)

Fact 15 Example 15

The past tense expresses an action or a state of being that started and ended in the past. Example: The scouts hiked all morning. (past)

Fact 14 Example 14

The present perfect tense ~expresses an action that occurred or a state of being that existed at an indefinite time in the past. Example: Paul has drunk his orange juice already.

Fact 13 Example 13

The present tense expresses an action occurring or a state of being that is existing now at the present time. Example: Mom drinks the orange juice. This is a sentence in the present.

Fact 20 Example 20

Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. Example: I play tennis.

Fact 10 Example 10

Verbs "dress" differently for the occasion. Example: She dressed for school.; She dresses casually.; She has dressed casually.; She has dressed for graduation.

Fact 11 Example 11

Verbs take different forms to show all of the possibilities for when something can happen. Example: She will draw. and She is drawing. and She has drawn.