------------------------------------------------- Top of Form | Irregular Verbs ListIrregular Verbs ListThis is a list of some irregular verbs in English. Of course‚ there are many others‚ but these are the more common irregular verbs. V1 Base Form | V2 Past Simple | V3 Past Participle | awake | awoke | awoken | be | was‚ were | been | beat | beat | beaten | become | became | become | begin | began | begun | bend | bent | bent | bet | bet | bet | bid | bid | bid | bite |
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DIFFICULT VERBS VERB Sew PAST Sewed PAST PARTICIPLE Sewn MEANING to use a needle and thread to make or repair clothes or to fasten something such as a button to them. to get rid of something that you no longer need or want. to kill someone - used especially in newspapers. to move smoothly over a surface while continuing to touch it‚ or to make something move in this way. to throw or put something somewhere with a careless movement and some force. to have a strong and very unpleasant smell. to damage
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Intransitive Verbs Verbs can be tricky things‚ and the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs often confounds even the best grammar students and writers. An intransitive verb is simple defined as a verb that does not take a direct object. There’s no word in the sentence that tells who or what received the action. While there may be a word or phrase following an intransitive verb‚ such words and phrases typically answer the question “how”. Most intransitive verbs are complete without
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English Grammar Modal Auxiliary Verbs Modal Auxiliary Verbs Modal auxiliary verbs are used with a main verb to show‚ mood and ideas such as ability‚ possibility and permission. Modal Auxiliary Verbs can will must shall may could would ought to should might Modal Auxiliary Verbs Can: Can is used 1) to express ability: Ryan can speak French but he cannot speak German. Superman can do things that ordinary people can’t. 2) to express request: Can you help Sue? Can I offer you something
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PRESENT (main verb) I study English. He studies English. PAST (past tense of main verb) I studied English. He studied English. FUTURE (will or shall + main verb) I will study English. He will study English. PRESENT PERFECT (have or has + past participle of verb) I have studied English. He has studied English. PAST PERFECT (had + past participle of verb) I had studied English. He had studied English. FUTURE PERFECT (will or shall + have + past participle of verb) I will have
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The noun and the verb are the most important categories of speech. The verb is the most important. These categories are the nucleus of the sentence‚ which is composed of the subject and the predicate. The verb lexeme needs determination too. The verb must express time‚ person and other distinctions. Besides these distinctions‚ the verb must express such semantic functions as terminativity/boundness and non-terminativity. Process is expressed by the verb. It has an end point: the process of writing
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Reporting verbs When introducing references[->0] into the text (citing) you should choose suitable ’reporting’ verbs as these can: · strengthen the arguments you are presenting · help the reader understand why the source is relevant. Some verbs are neutral: · Smith describes... · Jones states... · Green defines... Some verbs draw attention to the author’s viewpoint: · Harris argues... · O’Neill disputed... · Jackson conceded... Some verbs give information about the author’s work: · Holmes
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Modes of verb Mode is the manner in which the action‚ the being‚ or the state is asserted. Mode does not show the manner of the action or state‚ but the manner of its assertion. The action or state may be asserted: • as something that may‚ can‚ or must take place. • as something imagined or supposed which is placed under a condition. • as something desired. In written English‚ the mode or manner of the action or state is expressed by means of limiting words. For example The soldier fought
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big‚ great‚ high‚ large or tall Word | Explanation | Example | big | large in size‚ degree or amount | a big stone | great | much bigger than average | a great success a great time | high | measurement from the bottom to the top; greater than normal | a high mountain a high level | large | big in size and quantity | a large country a large number of people | tall | greater height than average | a tall man | Note: We use high or tall when we talk about buildings. | borrow or lend
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VERB TENSES 1. PRESENT TENSE | 2. PAST TENSE | 3. FUTURE TENSE | 1.Simple Present Tense E.g. I eat an apple( A V) An apple is eaten by me (PV) | 1.Simple Past TenseE.g. I ate an apple.(AV)An apple was eaten by me.(PV) | 1.Simple Future TenseE.g. I shall eat an apple(AV)An apple will be eaten by me.(PV) | 2. Present Continuous TenseE.g. I am eating an apple. (A.V)Are/am/is +verb + ingAn apple is being eaten by me.(PV) | 2. Past Continuous TenseE.g. I was eating an apple.(AV)Was/were+verb+ingAn
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