LET'S LEARN ENGLISH
-in collaboration with Pekula International Language-
Verbs are words that are used to explain actions, express actions or states of being.
EVERY SENTENCE MUST HAVE A VERB
Examples:
What is your name?
My name is Sobehah or I am Sobehah.
You do not say ‘My name Sobehah’.
How do you come to school?
I come to school by bus.
Can you say I to school by bus? No, because the verb “come” is not in the sentence.
What is your hobby?
Students tend to answer , ‘My hobby fishing’ which is wrong because omission of the verb “is”. You say, ‘My hobby is fishing’ or ‘I like fishing’.
Examples of action verbs:
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| sing |
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| swim |
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| cycle |
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| climb |
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| jump |
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| knock |
Examples of verbs which express actions or states of being:
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| The boy feels happy |
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| The mango is sour |
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| She looks pretty in blue |
FORMS OF THE VERB
Verbs are also present in several tense forms.
Examples:
Read the sentences below.
1. I do my homework every day.
2. I am doing my homework now.
3. I did my homework yesterday.
4. I have already done my homework.
In these sentences the four forms of the verb ‘do’ are used.
‘Do’ in the first sentence is in the Simple Present tense.
‘Doing’ in the second sentence ends in ‘ing’
It is the Present Participle of ‘do’
The Present Participle is always used with helping words such as ‘is’, ‘are’, ‘am’, ‘was’, ‘were’
‘Did’ is the Simple Past tense of ‘do’
‘Done’ in the fourth sentence is the Past Participle of ‘do’
The Past Participle is used with the word ‘has’, ‘have’, ‘had’
The PARTICIPLE OF A VERB needs a helping word such as ‘am’, ‘is’, ‘are’, ‘has’, ‘have’, ‘was’, ‘were’, ‘had’
