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ACTION VERBS
• MAIN VERBS
STATE VERBS
REGULAR VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS
THE REGULAR VERBS
FOUR FORMS
• I
• YOU
• WE PLAY CRICKET
• THEY
• HE
• SHE PLAYS CRICKET
• IT
SLICE SLICING
JUMP JUMPING
CRY CRYING
SLICE SLICED
JUMP JUMPED
CRY CRIED
I
YOU
HE/SHE/IT JUMPED WITH JOY
THEY
THE -ED FORM
BE DO HAVE
BE
PRESENT
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I am I am not Am I?
You are You are not Are you?
He/She/It is is not Is He/She/It?
We are We are not Are we?
They are They are not Are They?
BE
PAST
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I was I was not Was I?
You were You were not Were you?
He/She/It was was not Was He/She/It?
We were We were not Were we?
They were They were not Were They?
THE USE OF ‘BE’
• TO EXPRESS AGE
He is twenty years old.
How old was your uncle.
• TO GIVE ORDERS/INSTRUCTIONS/COMMUNICATE
A PLAN
You are to finish your homework before dinner. (You must……)
She is to take her medicine before meals. (She must…..)
The chairman is to give his annual speech tomorrow. ( He plans to….)
THE USE OF ‘BE’
PRESENT
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I do I do not Do I?
You do You do not Do you?
He/She/It does not Does He/She/It?
We do We do not Do we?
They do They do not Do They?
DO
PAST
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I did I did not Did I?
You did You did not Did you?
He/She/It did did not Did He/She/It?
We did We did not Did we?
They did They did not Did They?
THE DUAL USE OF DO
AS AN AUXILLARY VERB IS USED:
TO FORM NEGATIVE & INTERROGATIVE OF SIMPLE PRESENT &
SIMPLE PAST.
• The kitten does not play with strangers.
• Did he go to the university yesterday?
• TO AVOID REPEATING THE SAME VERB OR PHRASE.
• My father loves reading classics and I do, too.
• Indus Motors made a profit last year but Suzuki did not.
• Qasim swims very well. He certainly does.
THE DUAL USE OF DO
AS AN AUXILLARY VERB IS USED:
• IS USED:
‘HAD BETTER’ CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
• POSSESSION