VERBS

A verb is often defined as a

word which shows action or
state of being. The verb is the
heart of a sentence - every
sentence must have a verb.
INTRODUCTION
Verbs are one of parts of
speech.
Another parts of speech are
Noun, Adjective, Pronoun,
Adverb, Preposition,
Conjunction and Interjection
Unlike most of the other
parts of speech, verbs change
their form. Sometimes
endings are added (learn -
learned) and sometimes the
word itself becomes different
or changing (teach-taught).
One of the most important
things about verbs is their
relationship to time. Verbs
tell if something has already
happened, if it will happen
later, or if it is happening
now.
The different forms of verbs are
related to such things:
1. Tense (past, present, future)
2. Person (first person, second
person, third person)
3. Number (singular, plural)
4. Voice (active, passive).
Verbs are also often
accompanied by verb-like words
called modals (may, could,
should, etc.) and auxiliaries (be,
do, have, etc.) to give them
having different meanings.
 Principal Parts of Verbs
Every verb has four basic parts, which are
called its principal parts. This must be
noticed in order to form the different
tenses correctly.
• Present (or Infinitive form)
• Past
• Past Participle
• Progressive / continuous
• Verbs has 2 forms. They are
Regular Verbs and Irregular
Verbs.
• Regular verbs are verbs which
change from their infinite form
(V1) by adding “-d” or “ed” or
“ied” at the end in Past (V2) and
Past Participle (V3)
Present/Infinitive Past (V2) Past Participle Progressive
form (V1) (V3)

walk walked walked walking

play played played playing

study studied studied studying

live lived lived living

wait waited waited waiting

• Irregular verbs are verbs can form their Past
(V2) and Past Participle (V3) forms in various
way. They don’t follow a pattern.

Present/ Past (V2) Past Participle Progressive

Infinitive (V3)
form (V1)
write wrote written writing
drink drank drunk drinking
read read read reading
eat ate eaten eating
sleep slept slept sleeping
Present (Infinitive form)

simple form

know to know
take to take
write to write
 Past

Existed or happened in the past

knew
took
wrote
 Proggressive

Happening at the moment of speaking

or when another event happened

knowing
taking
writing
 Past Participle

Tell something that has happened.

The past participle of a verb always
requires an auxiliary/helping verb
(have, has, had).
known
taken
written
PRACTICE
A. Complete the blank spaces of the
following table!
Present/ Past (V2) Past Participle Progressive
Infinitive form (V3)
(V1)
choose
go
run
made
swore
sang
lost
 Present/ Past (V2) Past Participle Progressive
Infinitive form (V3)
(V1)
swum
spoken
drunk
run
fallen
driving
listening
coming
having
B. Regular or bring 14. call
Irregular? 7. see
1. ask
2. call 15. tear
3. 8. find 16. book
read 9. look 17. get
4. 10. deliver 18. push
walk
11. steal 19. open
5. stay
12. clean 20. think
6.
13. pay
C. Choose the correct verbs!
1. She (visits, visited, visiting) the
library yesterday.
2. We are (wait, waiting, waited) for
the next flight.
3. Her sister has (make, making,
made) a surprise party for her.
4. They are (watch, watched,
watching) TV now.
5. I have (eat, ate, eaten) my
breakfast.
6. Last week, we (go, went, gone) to
grandfather’s house.
7. The police has (catch, caught,
catching) the fugitive after months of
searching.
8. She was (surprise, surprised,
surprising) to see me.
9. The dogs (bark, barked, barking) all
night long.
10. I (feel, felt, feeling) sad when my
mother passed away.