Verb-is a word that expresses an action or state of being.

Verb tense is
indicated as to when the action happened. There a three basic verb
tenses: Present Tense-action done in present time ; Past Tense-
action had already happened in the immediate past, and Future
Aspect-action is still to happen sometime later.

Two kinds of Verbs

Action Verb-expresses action in the three different tenses.

Ex. run , dance , wait , sing , hold , appear , etc.

Linking Verb-expresses a state of being ; connects the subject of the

sentence with the predicate. It depends on the number of the subject,
i.e. singular or plural and the tense of the verb.
Present / Past
( I ) am / was :
is : for singular subjects ( am is used for the
pronoun , I )
Ex. I am a student in this school. ( true as of your state of being at
present time )
I was a student in this school. ( not anymore because you may
have graduated already, transferred to another school or working at
the time you said this statement )
Ex. Efren is a student in this school.
Efren was a student in this school. ( the subject of the sentence is
singular and therefore the singular form is used for both present and
past tense )
Present / Past
are / were : for plural subjects ( meaning more than one )
Ex. Chito , Mike , and Luz are students in this school. ( the subject in
this sentence is already plural )
Chito , Mike , and Luz were students in this school. ( the state of
being is in the past already ) or
They are students in this school. / They were students in this
school. ( They refers to Chito , Mike , and Luz , a plural pronoun )

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Signal Words/Phrases-tell the time or period of the event to identify
the tense of the verb in use
Present Tense- today , now , this time, this hour , this day , at present
time, presently
Past Tense-yesterday , last week, last year , last month , the other
day, a week ago , several days before , long before , once upon a
time , ages past , in the past
( these signal words/phrases indicate the time or period by which one
can identify the correct form of the verb )
Future Aspect-tomorrow , next week , next year , two days more , the
following month , in the future , in three days time , days ahead ,
years to come , soon , later , in time
Activity: Write the correct form of the LV ( Linking Verb ) to complete
the following sentences:
1.Sheila and Hilda _____going to the supermarket today.
2.Mamita _____going to stay home because it ____hot.
3. This morning, Mamita ____not feeling well so she asked the girls to
go to the grocery.
4. Adrian ____riding a bicycle on his way to the supermarket.
5. He____happy to see the two girls as they enter the supermarket.
6. This ____his chance to get close to Sheila.
7. A month ago , Adrian and his friend Alex ____playing basketball
when the two girls passed by.
8. This time , Adrian ____making a move to talk to Sheila in the
supermarket.
9. Hilda and Sheila ____both so happy because Adrian____inside the
grocery too !
10. They____all excited to see each other after the lockdown in their
area.
11. As if the girls ____so shy seeing a cute handsome Adrian in front of
them.
12. Adrian____feeling nervous as Sheila smiles while talking.
( What do you think is happening to the girls with Adrian’s presence in
the supermarket ?________________________________________.)
( What kind of feeling do the girls, Sheila and Hilda experience ?_____
___________________________. What do we call this is Filipino?____
______. Why do we have this kind of feeling ?___________________.

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Action Verb-expresses action ,or movement. Can be classified as
regular and irregular in their past form. ( Verbs are never plural; only
Nouns become plural. )

REGULAR VERB-may take the Sform or Base form depending on the

subject used in a sentence; as such whenever a verb has an –s or –es
it takes the Sform , a verb with no –s or –es is the Base form.

Base Form / Sform / Past Form / Past Participle

1.ask asks asked asked

2.call calls called called
3.submit submits submitted submitted
4.receive receives received received
5.wash washes washed washed
6.push pushes pushed pushed
7.search searches searched searched

IRREGULAR VERB-has a different Past Form unlike the REGULAR

VERB that adds –d or –ed

Base Form / Sform / Past Form / Past Participle

1.make makes made made
2.eat eats ate eaten
3.win wins won won
4.cut cuts cut cut
5.go goes went gone
6.feel feels felt felt
7.break breaks broke broken

Activity: Write the correct form of the verb using the pool of verbs
mentioned to complete each sentence.
1. Five months of lockdown______me depressed.
2. People _____for food to survive the pandemic.
3. Barangays____relief packs from LGUs to sustain themselves during
the lockdown.
4. Workers____each other just to get into the buses.
5. Most families_____for assistance everyday from friends and
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6. We should always____our hands to protect ourselves from viruses.
7. Everybody ____the danger of infection during this pandemic.
8. Our government___for cooperation to lessen the infection of
Covid19.
9. People should____themselves to Swabbing and Testing to know if
they are infected.
10. How can we ____this battle against Covid19 if people ____the
rules ? We heal as One !

PRESENT TENSE-uses the Sform and Base form of the Verb. The
rules of SUBJECT and VERB Agreement ( SVA) only applies to the
Present Tense.

SUBJECT and VERB AGREEMENT (SVA)

Basic Rule of Grammar: the Subject agrees with the Verb , the
number of the subject, i.e. either singular or plural should agree
with the verb in the sentence.

Singular Subject ( S ) + Verb ( Sform ) + words +

punctuation mark

Ex. Maris bakes cookies every Saturday. ( Maris is the subject of

the sentence , the verb is bakes-Sform )
Maris and Cheche bake cookies every Saturday. ( Maris and
Cheche are the subjects-plural so the verb is bake-Base form )
(-the Subject a sentence is the doer of the action; it is usually a
noun or a pronoun.)

2. The words Everybody , Everyone , Nobody , None , No one,

Someone , Somebody , One , Everything , Anything , Any
one , Anybody are always singular and use the Sform of the verb.

Ex. Everybody is busy repacking food bags.

Nobody wants to have a pet cat.
Somebody needs your help.
No one feels excited about distance learning.

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