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ENGLISH GROUP WORK

THEME: VERBS

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Course : General Nursing

Group Nº1

Period : Morning

Class : H

Room № 30

Members of the group:

Name and Number Collective Note Individual Note Total Grades

№ 1 - Aida Ngombo

№ 2 - Amélia Miguel

№ 3 - Angelina Molossande

№ 4 - Augusta Jacob

№ 5 - Aurora da Silva

№ 6 - Avelina Jamba

№ 7 - Beatriz Gravino

№ 8 - Benjamim Loneque

№9-

№ 10 - Bernarda Serafim

№ 11 - Cesaltina António

Teacher
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Verb
A verb is a word or a group of words that express an action, experience, or
state.
From this definition, we will find, in addition to the verb tenses (past - present -
future), the different types of verbs, that is, whether they are main, auxiliary,
transitive or intransitive.

Added to this is the nominal form of the verbs (gerund, infinitive or past
participle), they are not inflected for person, number or tense.

Types of verbs

A língua inglesa tem diferentes tipos de verbos que expressam ação, estado,
experiência etc.

Começaremos a divisão da tipologia verbal com sua função na oração. Há dois

tipos de verbos em inglês basicamente: o principal e o auxiliar.

Principal verbs (main verbs)

 Diana went home early yesterday.

 Diana goes home.
 Diana will go home.

Main verbs: transitive and intransitive verbs

Leading verbs can be further divided into transitive or intransitive verbs.

Intransitive verbs

 Something bad happened.

 He has arrived early.

Transitive verbs

 She isn’t watching TV.

 He drove his car.

Auxiliary verbs

Auxiliary verbs are few in number in the English language. The main ones are:
be, do, have.

 Be

I am happy.

 Do
She does her homework.

 Have

They have a car.

However, these same verbs as auxiliaries have no proper meaning without the
main verb. Take a look at the following examples:

 Laura was singing a beautiful song.

 Do you spend a lot of time on the internet?
 You didn’t finish your sentence.
 He has already been to the USA.

Verb tenses

When we learn the verb tenses (verb tenses) in English, we immediately realize
that there is an ease in the conjugation of verbs. However, it is necessary to
have an overview of each time, in order to understand the proper use of each
one. In general, we can evaluate them according to their aspect and time, that
is, by the temporality, duration and completeness of the action. It is added that
we can classify them into past, present, and future tenses, plus the aspects:
simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous. In the following table, we
will discuss the 12 possible combinations of verb tenses in English.

Verb tense Examples Use

Simple I live in São Habits, routine, and truths/facts.

present Paulo.

Do you live in
São Paulo?

I don’t live in São

Paulo.

Simple past I lived in São Actions finished at a specific point in the

Paulo. past.

I didn’t live in São

Paulo.
 Did you live in
São Paulo?

Simple future I will live in São Future plans, predictions, spontaneous

Paulo. decisions.

I won’t live in São

Paulo.

Will you live in

São Paulo?

Present I am living in São Something that happens at the same

continuous Paulo. time as speech and temporary situations.

I am not living in
São Paulo.

Are you living in

São Paulo?

Past I was living in Progressive/temporary actions in the

continuous São Paulo. past.

I wasn’t living in
São Paulo.

Were you living

in São Paulo?

Future I will be living in Actions in progress in the future.

continuous São Paulo

I won’t be living
in São Paulo

Will you be living

in São Paulo?

Present I have lived in To talk about past experiences or actions

perfect São Paulo. that have a connection to the present.

I haven’t lived in
São Paulo.

Have you lived in

São Paulo?
Past perfect I had lived in São An action in the past that happened
Paulo. before another at a specific time.

I hadn’t lived in
São Paulo.

Had you lived in

São Paulo?

Future perfect I will have lived in When something will have happened in
São Paulo. the future.

I won’t have lived

in São Paulo.

Will you have

lived in São
Paulo?

Present I have been living Used to emphasize the duration of an

perfect in São Paulo. action in progress until the moment of
continuous speech.
I haven’t been
living in São
Paulo.

Have you been

living in São
Paulo?

Past perfect I had been living Actions that were in progress in the past
continuous in São Paulo. and were interrupted by another action in
the past as well.
I hadn’t been
living in São
Paulo.

Had you been

living in São
Paulo?

Future perfect I will have been Ação que terá acontecido antes de um
continuous living in São tempo no futuro.
Paulo.

I won’t have been

living in São
 Paulo.

Will you have

been living in
São Paulo?

The three English verb structures (or noun forms of the verb) are known as the
infinitive, present/past participle, and gerund, because they do not indicate
tense (in the case of the gerund) and inflection of person and number. Verbals
need to be accompanied by some other verb to have complete meaning.

Infinitive

Base form of the verb, accompanied by the preposition to:

 To speak
 To draw
 Not to speak

Participle

Participles are verbs formed by -ing or -ed (regular verbs)|2| and make up
continuous tense and perfect tense respectively in a general way.

 She is having the time of her life.

 He has decided to go there.

Gerund

The gerund in English is formed by adding the -ing to the verb. It differs from the
present participle by the grammatically important function it occupies in the
clause, that is, as a noun.

 Smoking is bad for your health.