FOURTH MEETING

(VERB AND ADJECTIVE)

Sunday, 8 November 2020

 VERB
• Verb is a word to describes an action (what the subject doing)
and forming the main part of the predicate in the sentence. e.g.
drink, eat, sleep, study, etc.

• Verbs almost always come after a noun or pronoun. These nouns

and pronouns are referred to as the subject.
Example: Mark eats his dinner quickly.
We went to the market.
You write neatly in your notebook.
They thought about all the prizes in the competition.
 Types of Verbs

1. ACTION VERB
 REGULAR VERB
 IRREGULAR VERB
2. AUXILIARY VERB
3. MODAL VERB
4. Etc …
 1. ACTION VERBS
Action verbs tells what action something or someone is performing or discuss someone doing something. 
e.g. run, listen, dance, smile, stand, etc.

REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERB

Those verb do not follow the normal pattern (without ‘d’ or éd’ ‘in simple past
Those verbs that form their simple past and past participle with and past participle). The changed form of these verbs are often unrecognizably
‘d’ or éd’ are regular verbs. The verbs do not undergo substantial different from the originals but some of them do not any change.
changes while changing forms between tenses.

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
(V1) (V2) (V3) (V1) (V2) (V3)

Accept Accepted Accepted See Saw Seen

Study Studied Studied Find Found Found
Decide Decided Decided Cut Cut Cut

Example: Example:
• I study English Everyday (V1) • I find your ring at my bedroom (V1)
• I studied English Last night (V2) • I found your ring at my bedroom yesterday (V2)
• I have studied English since elementary school (V3) • I have found your ring since a week ago (V3
 2. Auxiliary Verbs
• Auxiliary verbs are also known as helping verbs (help
the main verb to describe the action). That action
happened in the past or is happening or will happen in the
future. Thus, it used together with a main verb to show
the verb’s tense. e.g. are, am, is, do, does, have, has,
had, was, were, did, going to, be, been, being, etc.

Example:
 Jerome has finished his study
 We have done our English assignment
 His father’s job is a CEO of Sinar tours and travel
 She doesn’t invite you in her birthday party
 3. Modal Verbs
• Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs that are used to express
abilities, possibilities, permissions, and obligations. e.g
may, might, can, could, will, would, should, must, shall.
• Example:
I should go home.
You must not delay.
Sally would not recommend the sushi.
David may be late.
ADJECTIV
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 DEFINITION
 Adjective is a word which is used for describing or
modifying noun and pronoun in a sentence.

 Adjectives sometimes appear after the verb (she is cute)

or before noun (red car)
 FORMS OF ADJECTIVE
I. Demonstrative Adjective
It points to “which” noun or pronoun you’re speaking about. It consist
of:

 This (singular) and These (plural) close to the speaker.

Example: This is a book
These are books

 That (singular) and Those (plural) far from the speaker.

Example:That is my uncle
Those are my friends
 II. Possessive adjective 
 It indicates possession or ownership of something. Some possessive
adjectives are my, his, her, our, their, your. 

 Possessive adjectives always come before a noun.

 Examples:
My car is parked outside.
His cat is very cute.
III. Article
Articles determine the specification of nouns. There are 3
articles in English;

 Article “A” refer to noun which begins by consonant

Example: a chair
 Article “An” refer to noun which begins by vowel
Example: an apple
 Article “The” refer to a specific noun.  
Examples: The cat is afraid of me. (This cat is a specific cat)
IV. Descriptive Adjectives
Descriptive adjective or qualitative adjective is a
word which describes nouns and pronouns.

Examples:
– I have a fast car. (the word ‘fast’ is describing an
attribute of the car)
– The hungry cats are crying. (the word “hungry” is
describing the condition of cats)
Thank you