IT IS ABOUT ALL ABOUT THE VERB

1. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LOJA
AREA OF THE EDUCATION, ART AND COMUNICATION
ENGLISH LANGUGE DEPARTMENT
SYNTAX AND MORPHOLOGY
VERBS
DAYRA YANANGÓMEZ
BEATRIZ MACAS
LUISA MOROCHO
MODULO V GROUP «A»
Dr. PAOLA MORENO

5. AUXILIARY VERBS
WE USE THESE VERBS WITH ANOTHER VERB TO MAKE
QUESTIONS, NEGATIVE SENTENCES AND TENSES
PRIMARY AUXILIARIES:
The verb BE are am, is, are, were and was
The cat is licking his paw.
The verb HAVE are have, had and has.
I have been at school
The verb DO are do, does and did
Does he drive that car?

6. MODAL VERBS:
We use to show ideas such as: Possibility ,
permission, ability, and so on.
The principles modal auxiliaries are:
Present Tense Past Tense
can could
may might
must --
ought --
shall should
LD, MAY, MUST, CANOULD
will would
I CAN PLAY GUITAR

7. LEXICAL VERBS.
IT IS ANY VERB IN ENGLISH THAT IS
NOT AN AUXILIARY VERB. IT HAS
A REAL MEANING IN OTHER
WORDS DOESN´T DEPEND OF
ANOTHER VERB
THE TOAD JUMPS WITH THE ROPE

8. DYNAMIC VERBS
They indicate an action.
Examples:
• I bought a new guitar
• She swept her room

9. STATIVE VERBS.
Stative verbs are verbs that describe a state rather
than an action and you can’t use the continuous
(‘-ing’) form.
STATIVE VERB CORRECT USAGE INCORRECT USAGE
Like I like you. I am liking you.
Love I love you. I am loving you.
Hate I hate you. I am hating you
Believe I believe in God. I am believing in God.
Appear, be, believe, feel, hate, have, hear, know, like,
look, love, need, prefer, remember, see, seem, sound,
think, understand, want.

10. REGULAR VERBS
A regular verb(also know as a weak verb) forms the past
tense and past participle by adding -d or -ed to the base
form
Like: Liked, Liked
RULES
• 1.-If the verb ends with the vowel “e”, only ‘d’ is added. For example:
• PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE
Share Shared
Smile Smiled
• 2.-If the verb ends with a consonant, ‘ed’ is added. For example:
• PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE
Want Wanted
Shout Shouted
Kill Killed

11. IRREGULAR VERBS
Irregular verbs (also known as strong
verbs) form the past tense or the past
participle (or both) in various ways
but most often by changing the vowel of
the present tense form. For example:
Drink: drank, drunk
Read: read, read.

12. TRANSITIVE VERBS
They are followed by a direct object in which the
action is directly passed off onto.
• Lucy went to the park
direct object
INTRANSITIVE VERBS
An Intransitive verbs may be followed by an adverb,
there is no object to receive its action.
• Cesar rises slowly from her seat.
adverb
• Mary cooks Mary cooks lunch
intransitive transitive

14. 1st person-the 3rd person-the
2nd person-the one spoken of
one speaking
one spoken to (they, he, she,
(I, we)
(you) it)
EXAMPLES:
I made a cake. (1st person)
You are a good friend. (2nd person)
He is a doctor. (3rd person)

15. NUMBER
The number of a verb tells how many subjects are
performing or receiving the action, singular or plural.
SINGULAR: I, you, PLURAL: we, you,
he, she, it. they.
EXAMPLES:
We are talking about the quote.(plural)
She is going to sing in the concert.(singular)

16. VOICE
Indicates whether the
subject
• performing the action
(Active voice) or
• receiving the action
(Passive Voice)
EXAMPLES:
Active Voice – “John gave the book to Mark”
“Julia made the cake”
Passive Voice "The book was given to Mark“
“The cake was made by Julia”
by John”

17. MOOD
Indicates the manner in which an action is performed or received.
INDICATIVE: when IMPERATIVE: when SUBJUNCTIVE: when
the sentence the sentence is the sentence is one
is presented presented as a of doubt or
as a fact command condition
EXAMPLE: John EXAMPLE: Give the EXAMPLE: If I were
gave the book book to Mark President, I would
to Mark. lower taxes

18. TENSE
It denotes the time of the action
Simple Present
Simple Past
Simple Future
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Future Perfect
Present Continuous/Present Progressive
Past Continuous/Past Progressive
Future Continuous/Future Progressive
Present Perfect Continuous/Present Perfect Progressive
Past Perfect Continuous/Past Perfect Progressive
Future Perfect Continuous/Future Perfect Progressive

19. Simple Present
THEY ARE DOGS.
Simple Past
SHE WAS A HAPPY HADA
Simple Future
I WILL SEND YOU A GIFT

20. Present Perfect
HE HAS READ A BOOK
Past Perfect
HE HAD COOKED IN THE KITCHEN
Future Perfect
CESAR WILL HAVE SURFTED IN THE BEACH

21. Present Continuous/Present Progressive
THE SQUIRREL IS EATING NUTS
Past Continuous/Past Progressive
CARPENTER WAS MAKING A TABLE
Future Continuous/Future Progressive
SHE IS GOING TO WALK.

22. Present Perfect Continuous/Present Perfect
Progressive
YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING HERE FOR TWO HOURS.
Past Perfect Continuous/Past Perfect Progressive
SHE HAD BEEN TALKING FOR OVER AN HOUR BEFORE
TONY ARRIVED.
Future Perfect Continuous/Future Perfect Progressive
MARY WILL HAVE BEEN TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY