Verbs

Verbs
§ Words that express an
action or a state of being.
§ They tell what the subject
does or is in a sentence.
 Verbs
§ Verbs that express a state
of being are called linking
verbs.
Marcos is sick.

Linking verbs
to Be
Present Past Future
I am was
You are were
He is was
She is was
It is was will be

We are were
You are were
They are were
 Verbs
§ Verbs that express an
action are called action
verbs.
Juan eats pizza.

Action Verbs
Regular Irregular

§ Need -d or -ed in § Do not need -d or -ed

the past tense. in the past tense.

help - helped cut - cut

move - moved sing - sang

jump - jumped think - thought

go - went
Verb tense
§ Verb tenses are an attribute of verbs
that show time. Remember that verbs
are words that show an action or a
state of being. So, when we use
different verb tenses, we are showing
the different times that these actions
took place.

§ Present- happening now or on a

regular basis.

§ Past- already happened

§ Future- has not yet happened

Present simple
He eats hot dogs.

Past simple
She ate the apple.

Future simple
They will eat the
pizza.
Subject/Verb agreement

§ Subjects and verbs must AGREE with

one another in number (singular or
plural).

§ Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb

must also be singular; if a subject is
plural, its verb must also be plural.

§ In the present tense, nouns and verbs

form plurals in opposite ways: nouns
ADD an s to the singular form; verbs
REMOVE the s from the singular form.

Subject/Verb agreement

§ In the present tense, nouns and verbs

form plurals in opposite ways: nouns ADD
an s to the singular form; verbs REMOVE
the s from the singular form.
Subject/Verb agreement

§ The subject-verb agreement rules apply to

all personal pronouns except I and you,
which, although SINGULAR, require
PLURAL forms of verbs.