UWF WRITING LAB RULES OF THUMB FOR VERB UWF写动词拇指实验室规则.pptVIP

BORN TO CONJUGATE? I have wrote a book that needs editing. The forms have already went to the president’s office. I should have did the right thing by apologizing. The mail carrier hasn’t came yet. I seen you at the Earth, Wind, and Fire concert. If you say or write nonstandard verb forms like the ones in the sentences above, you will likely be judged by the conjugation of your verbs and not the content of your character. It is a universal feeling that people who speak nonstandard English are not considered educated or employable. * VERB FORMS Every English verb except “be” has 5 forms, which vary depending on whether the verb is REGULAR (changes its form in a regular/standard way such as “type” and “text”) or IRREGULAR (changes its forms in an irregular way such as “write”). BARE/INFINITIVE type text write -s Form (Present) types texts writes -ing (Present Participle) typing texting writing -ed (Past) typed texted wrote -en (Past Participle – used typed texted written with has, have, had, and other helping verbs) * VERB FORMS Use the past participle form with a helping verb (is, are, was, were, has, have). PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE come came (has) come do did (has) done drag dragged (has) dragged dream dreamed, dreamt (has) dreamed, dreamt drive drove (has) driven drink drank (has) drunk go went (has) gone see saw (has) seen shine shone (has) shined, shone shrink shrank, shrunk (has) shrunk strive strived, strove (has) strived, striven swim swam (has) swum write wrote (has) written * BORN TO CONJUGATE This module will help you learn to conjugate standard verb forms and help you create education and job opportunities for yourself. * UWF WRITING LABRULES OF THUMB FOR VERB FORMS AND TENSES From Real Good Grammar, Too by Mamie Webb Hixon * TENSE Tense refers to the ability of verbs to indicate the time of an action. IN REAL TIME Class starts now. IN HABITUAL OR RECURRING T