Verbs. Irregular verbs

1.

The girls were singing.
Helen is laughing.

2.

verb

3.

v
ed
Regular
verbs

4. Irregular verbs

We must learn the four forms of the verbs by
heart.
to play-played-played-playing
to write- wrote-written- writing

5.

V4 -Present
Participle=Part+I-V1+ing
V3- Past Participle
=Part+II-Ved,V3
V2 Past Simple Tense
Ved, V2
V1 infinitive-to
speak
The main
forms of the
verbs

6.

We must learn all the main forms
of the verbs by heart because each
form of the verb helps us to form
one grammar tense.
The third form of the verb forms the all perfect
tenses in the active voice and all tenses in passive
voice
given- it is the third of the main verb
to give –gave- given-giving

7.

Perfect
continuous
Continuous
Continuous
Perfect
Continuous
Perfect
Past
Present
Indefinite
English tenses in
active voice
Perfect
Continuous
Indefinite
Continuous
Perfect
Indefinite
Perfect
Future
Indefinite
Continuous
Perfect

8.

Active voice
Present
Future
V[II] (ed)
did
V[I] (s/es)
do/does
will V[I]
was/were+
Ving
am,is,are+
Ving
will+be+ Ving
have/has+
V[III](ed)
will have+
V[III](ed)
Past
Indefinite
Continuous
Perfect
Perfect continuous
had+V[III](ed
)
had been+
Ving
have/has+
been+ Ving
will have been
+ Ving

9.

There are signal words of Active voice
Indefinite
Continuous
Perfect
Present
often
usually
always
now
at the moment
today
already
just
this week
since
yet
get
never
recently
Past
yesterday
last week
last month
last year
at that time
yesterday
at that time last
week
before
after
Future
tomorrow
next week
next year
at 5 o’clock
tomorrow
next year
next month

10.

Infinitive
The second form(Past
Simple)
The third form (Past
participle)
Present participle
to buy
to bring
to think
to teach
to fight
to seek
bought
brought
thought
taught
fought
sought
bought
brought
thought
taught
fought
sought
buying
bringing
thinking
teaching
fighting
seeking
to sing
to swim
to ring
to sink
to shrink
to drink
to begin
to run
sang
swam
rang
sank
shrank
drank
began
ran
sung
swum
rung
sunk
shrunk
drunk
begun
run
singing
swimming
ringing
sinking
shrinking
drinking
beginning
running

11. Let’s conjugate the verbs

b e g a n
c a m e
d i d
a t e
f o u n d
we n t
s p e n t
t h o u g h t
wr o t e
s a w
m a d e
p u t
b e g u n
c o m e
d o n e
e a t e n
f o u n d
g o n e
s p e n t
t h o u g h t
w r i t t e n
s e e n
m a d e
p u t

12.

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