Here you have the basic information about verbs

1. What is a verb?
First , let’s look at the following examples.
Try to identify them
Made by: Reyfel Hortelano

2. Could you see them?
Mary has been reading the same book for two weeks
John will help us with the math homework this term
My siblings have gone to support me to my games this season
Her grandma is preparing her birthday cake
I have to call my client.
My house is pink.
Charlie Brown's dog is Snoopy.
Made by: Reyfel Hortelano

3. A verb is a word or a phrase that describes actions,
conditions, experiences or a state of being.
Verbs are the hearts of English sentences.
Made by: Reyfel Hortelano
They are also related to a lot of other factors like
the subject, person, number, tense, mood, voice,
etc.

4. We went home straight after the show
She is reading the newspaper
Robert is one of the best hockey players this season
I have gone to Italy twice.
Main verbs
They show the actions, events and states. They can stand alone, or
they can be used with an auxiliary verb.
Made by: Reyfel Hortelano

5. Lucy is playing with her dog
She was walking in the park
Do you want to go to the cinema with me?
I have studied here since 2015
They help us to make negative sentences, questions, to express
passive voice and to built the perfect and continuous tenses.
Made by: Reyfel Hortelano
Auxiliary verbs

6. Regular Verbs
Made by: Reyfel Hortelano
They conform their simple past and past participle form by following
the spelling rules. We usually only had “ed” or “d” at the end of the
base form.
I’ve always wanted a piano and I got one last week
They loved everything about Australia
My dad worked on Saturday so he stayed at home on Monday
I don’t know what happened at the last meeting

7. Irregular verbs
Made by: Reyfel Hortelano
They never follow the spelling rules when they change into the simple
past tense or past participle form.
I cut y hair by myself yesterday
The children sang two songs at the school summer play
Someone stole her car last weekend
He has broken is leg playing football

8. Spelling rules for regular rules
Made by: Reyfel Hortelano
➢ General rule= add “ed” at the end.
Visit: visited Finish: Finished Want: wanted
I have watched this movie several times. I love it!!
➢ Verbs ending consonant + E = add “d” at the end.
Dance: danced love: loved like: liked
She has moved several times this year.

9. Spelling rules for regular rules
Made by: Reyfel Hortelano
➢ Verbs ending in stressed vowel or one syllable verb= double last
consonant and add “ed”.
prefer: preferred Stop: stopped travel: travelled
I have travelled to Paris twice.
➢ Verbs ending consonant + Y = add “ied” at the end
Study: studied try: tried cry: cried
We have studied the same lesson and we still can’t understand it.

10. Spelling rules for regular rules
Made by: Reyfel Hortelano
➢ Verbs ending vowel + Y = add “ed” at the end.
Play: played enjoy: enjoyed stay: stayed
Alex has played soccer since he was a kid.