verb

3. 1

4. Verb isa part of
speech that
expressesaction
or state of
being.

5. Observe the following underlinedwords.
1.The boy walks happily in the street.
2.The dog barks at the mailman.
3.The child plays everyday.
4.We welcome them with open arms.

6. Observe the following underlinedwords.
1. I think I will sit for a while.
2. My cousins believe in Santa Claus.
3. We love chocolates.
4. I dream of having a lot of cars.

7. walks think
barks believe
plays love
welcome dream

8. walks think
believe
love
barks
plays
welcome dream
Visible Verbs Mental Verbs
Observable
Cannot
directly
be
observed

9. LINKING VERB
Lili remains calm.
Maria looks anxious .
She appears upset about the
announcement. His voice sounds good.
The tests were validated.
Martin is fond of spicy food.
The eggs smell rotten.
Denotes
condition
or state
of being

10. Exercise:
Encircletheverbanddetermineiftheverbisvisible,
mental, or linking. Write your answer before the
number
.
1. The dog recognizes his owner from afar.
2. I feel pretty!
3. The carpenter builds a new home for the
lost bird.
4. He was there.
5. The soldiers imagined a world without war.

11. 16
Verb
Tenses
It refers towhen
the action
occurred.

12. 17
Verb
Aspects
Aspect refers to the
duration of an event
within a particular
tense.

14. Perfect Tense
T
enses that show actions
that are already
completed.
1. Present Perfect
2. Past Perfect

15. Form:
Present Perfect Tense
has/have + past participle of the
verb

16. Form:
Past Perfect Tense
had + past participle of the
verb

17. PASTPARTICIPLE

18. Past participles are formedfrom
verbs.
Past participles can be used as
adjectives or used to formverb
tenses.

19. WHISPERED
as anadjective:
the whispered word
as verbtense:
She had whispered him theanswer
.

20. Past participles usuallyend
with -ed, -d, -t, -en, or-n.

21. Examples
Present > Past > Past Participle
choose > chose > chosen
know > knew> known
thrive > thrived> thrived
break > broke > broken
see > saw > seen

22. Exercise:
Answer page 270-271:
ACTIVITIES A, B,C AND D.
You may use Google to check your
answers.

23. Present Perfect Tense
A verb is in the present perfect tense
when it expresses action which
began in the past and continues
in the present.

24. Form:
has/have + past participle of the
verb

25. 1. He has seen Harry Potter.
2. The FBI has arrested the
kidnapper.
3. I have known her for five years.

26. Past Perfect Tense
A verb is in the past perfect tense when it
expresses action which is completed in the
past before another past action has
happened.

27. Form:
had + past participle of the verb

28. 1. When I arrived at her house, she
had finished dinner.
2. She told us that the plane had left.