Basic English 2

3rd meeting
VERB
The King of English.
Verbs describe what a person or thing is doing or being.

The
climbed the tree
racoon

The racoon threw the deer some nuts

 Transitive- • A fire destroyed the forest.
intransitive • The animals escaped.

• The chipmunk needed to eat.

Infinitive • He found a grasshopper to eat.
VERB
• You smile. • You will smile.
Base verb • He smiles. • He can smile.

Regular/irregular • They laughed together.

past verb • Grace found her shoes after a week.

• Josh had looked everywhere for his broken skate.

Participles • He had been hoping to do some ice-skating.

• Jacob is sleeping. • I can run fast.

• Jacob hasn’t slept. • I must come.
Auxiliary verb • Did Jacob behave? • May I come?
• Jacob did have fun. • I would come.
 imperative
Verbs can conditional
e.g. Stop! be… e.g. may be…
Mix the flour…
might have…
could be…
negative
e.g. is not… active or passive
cannot… don’t…
The monster ate
interrogative the pie.
The pie was
e.g. What is she doing?
eaten by the
May I have a drink?
monster.
Adverb
Yesterday we went out. We left
very quietly, but unfortunately an
extremely large dog saw us. We’ll
run more quickly next time.
 how,
when,
where,

Adverb = to add to a verb

When? How Where?
or how often something is happening,
and to what degree.
often? Sentence

Yesterday we went out. We left

How?
adverb

very quietly, but unfortunately an

extremely large dog saw us. We’ll
run more quickly next time.
-ly
Comparing
Mostly are adverb
adverb
but some are
adjective
Conjunctions

Flora tried to water roses and

sunflowers, but the hose burst.
She cut both the hedge and the
tree because they were to tall.
Conjunctions Coordinating conjunctions are used
to link words, phrases, or clauses of
equal importance.
FANBOYS

Flora tried to water roses and

sunflowers, but the hose burst.
She cut both the hedge and the
tree because they were to tall.
Subordinating conjunctions are used Correlative conjunctions
to connect words, phrases, and
clauses of unequal
importance.
PREPOSITION
Daisy went for a long bicycle
race with Ed. They race down
a hill and through a stream and
stopped next to a bridge.
 Simple Preposition
followed by its object,

PREPOSITION which is a noun, pronoun,

or noun phrase.

Daisy went for a long bicycle

race with Ed. They race down
a hill and through a stream and
stopped next to a bridge.
Parallel preposition
Down a hill
Through a stream Complex preposition
Through a stream and a forest In front of, as for, out of, in spite of,
except for, next to
 Interruptions &
Interjections introductions
Greetings
Showing emotion
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Verb