Jolly Grammar Wednesday - Verbs

• Verbs
  • Verbs are words that show action or state of being.
  
  
  Infinitive Verbs
  • The most basic form of a verb is the infinitive verb.
  • This is the verb before conjugation.
  • Conjugation means...
  • For Example:
  • Infinitive: to run
  • Subject: Jimmy
  • Tense: past
  • Sentence:
  Verbs in the Present Tense
  • When things...
  
  

  	Present - Happening	Present Perfect - Happened in the past but may still be happening	Present Progressive/Gerund  - Continually Happening
  1st Singular	I jump.	I have jumped.	I am jumping.
  1st Plural	We jump.	We have jumped.	We are jumping.
  2nd Singular	You jump.	You have jumped.	You are jumping
  2nd Plural	You all jump.	You all have jumped.	You all are jumping.
  3rd Singular	He/she/it  jumps.	He/she/it have jumped.	He/she/it is jumping.
  3rd Plural	They jump.	They have jumped.	They are jumping.

  
  
  Verbs in the Past Tense
  • When things...
  
  

  	Past - Already Happened	Past Perfect - Happened and is Complete
  1st Singular	I jumped.	I had jumped.
  1st Plural	We jumped.	We had jumped.
  2nd Singular	You jumped.	You had jumped.
  2nd Plural	You all jumped.	You all had jumped.
  3rd Singular	He/she/it jumped.	He/she/it had jumped.
  3rd Plural	They jumped.	They had jumped.

  
  
  Verbs in the Future Tense
  • When things...
  
  

  	Future - Will happen	Future Perfect - Will be completed in the future
  1st Singular	I will jump.	I will have jumped.
  1st Plural	We will jump.	We will have jumped.
  2nd Singular	You will jump.	You will have jumped.
  2nd Plural	You all will jump.	You all will have jumped.
  3rd Singular	He/she/it will jump.	He/she/it will have jumped.
  3rd Plural	They will jump.	They will have jumped.

  
  
  To Be
  • The verb “to be” is the most common verb used.  It shows a noun’s...

  	Past	Present	Future
  1st Singular	I was	I am	I will be
  1st Plural	We were	We are	We will be
  2nd Singular	You were	You are	You will be
  2nd Plural	You all were	You all are	You all will be
  3rd Singular	He/she/it was	He/she/it is	He/she/it will be
  3rd Plural	They were	They are	They will be

  
  
  Irregular Verbs
  • Irregular verbs are verbs that…
  • Examples of irregular verbs:
  • begin → began or had begun, not beginned
  • write → wrote or had written, not writed
  • draw → drew, or had drawn, not drawed
  • seek → sought, not seeked
  Vivid Verbs
  • Writing with vivid verbs (and synonyms) will make your writing...
  • Ran → scampered, sprinted, dashed
  • Said → exclaimed, declared, criticized
  • Walked → moseyed, parade, strolled