Verbs and Adverbs

Contents
General Introduction
Introduction to Verbs
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Finite Verbs
o Regular
o Irregular
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Non-Finite Verbs
Worksheets
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Finite Verbs
o IntroductoryActivities
o Finite Verbs
o Predicate
o Direct Object
o Indirect Object
o Transitive Verbs
o Intransitive Verbs
o Linking Verbs
o Verb'to be'
o Auxiliary Verbs
o Modal Auxiliary Verbs
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Regular Verbs
o Person and Number
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Singular
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Plural
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Verb Agreement
(concord)
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Discrimination exercises
o Tense
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t'Tl'"or.r"n.
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Discrimination
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Future
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Discrimination
o Mood
o Voice
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Irregular Verbs
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Regular lrregular Verbs
o lense
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Continuous
(present, past, future)
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Perfect
(present, past, future, discrimination)
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Perfect Continuous
(present, past, future, discrimination)
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Conditional
(present, perfect)
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Conditional Continuous
(present, perfect)
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Phrasal Verbs
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Verbs and Adverbs
Contents
Worksheets
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Non-Finite Verbs
o Infinitive
o Present pafticiple (gerund)
o Past participle
o Discrimination
Discrimination exercises
(Finite/Non-Finite Verbs)
Introduction to Adverbs
o Adverbs of Manner, Place, Time, Degree, Frequency
o Interrogative, Relative, Sentence Adverbs
o Degrees of Comparison
Worksheets
o Adverbs of Manner
o Adverbs of Place
o Adverbs of Time
o Adverbs of Degree
o Discrimination
o Adverbs of Frequency
o Discrimination
o InterrogativeAdverbs
o Relative Adverbs
o Sentence Adverbs
o Degrees of Comparison
Verbs and Adverbs
o Spelling Checks
o Crossword Puzzle
References
Bibliography
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Introduction
to Verbs
Definition
A verb is a doing, being or having word.
Finite Verbs
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Finite verbs are verbs which show time, person
and number. Every sentence must
have a finite verb. Every clause must have a finite verb.
phrases
do not contain a
finite verb.
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Finite verbs can appear alone in the simple present
tense and the simple past
tense, e.g. He plays
tennis. He played
tennis.
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with all other tenses, the base verb combines with a helper (auxiliary)
verb to form
a compound verb.
example:
He has finished his work.
has (auxiliary
verb) + finished (past participle)
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Finite verbs have a subject rhe subject of a sentence is the
person
or thing that
the sentence is about.
Regular verbs
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Regular verbs are also called weak verbs.
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There are four main forms of the reqular verb:
Infinitive or
base form
-s form
(3'd person
singular)
- rng
pafticiple
-ed
past
tense
and
past pafticiple
play prays playing
played
want wants wantinq
wanted
cry cnes cryrnq
cried
'!ttrnh
Jumps
jumping
iumped
watch watches watching
watched
srap slaps slapping
slapped
laugh lauqhs lauqhinq
laughed
Subject and Predicate
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Subject
If, after reading a sentence, you
can ask'who?, or.what?, and
qet
an answer.
then the verb has a subject and is finite.
examples. The fire burned.
Question:
What burned? Answer: The fire.
Sandra waits.
euestion:
Who waits? Answer: Sandra.
Going down the road.
euestion:
Who/What going?
There is no answer, so there is no subject and'going, is not a
finite verb.
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Verbs
Finite Verbs
Regular Verb Form
Tense
-
future (simple)
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fr/rite the future verb on the line
(setection)
1. We will call you in the morning.
2. They will save some of the cake.
3. The two Labradors will chase the ball.
4. After breakfast she will wash up.
5. lake will change the oil in the car.
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Complete the sentences in the futuretense using the verb
given
in the
brackets. (Production)
1. Be careful or the dog you! (bite)
the competition. (enter) 2. The whole class
3. The milk if you leave it there. (spill)
4. A pride
of lions if you go too close.
(attack)
5. A bunch of roses her up.
(cheer)
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Finish these sentences
1. The ladv next door
in the firfirretense (Production)
2. That hungry cat
3. My old bicycle
4. Jenny's aunt
5. The Christmas tree
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Underline the future tense verbs in
green
and the nouns (things or
people)
in red. (Parsing)
1. We will post
our books and toys in the morning.
2. Craig and Stuart will catch the train instead of the bus.
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Adverbs
Adverbs of time tell when somethinq is done.
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Underline the adverbs of time in the following rows. Be careful! There
may be more than one adverb of time in each row.
quickly late sadly silently tonight
there up
just
last down
happily fast tomorrow early bravely
prematurely yet
upstairs slowly home
currently first most least now
behind then through still soon
enough
probably presently
entirely loudly
hard best much today simultaneously
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Write adverbs of time on the lines next to the verbs in the list.
1. leave
4. studied
2. remember
3. arrive
7. born
B. finish
Q clcnt-in
10. served
12. waiting
11. exploded 5.
performed
6.
go
Here are some words
you may rike to use.
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concurrently
simultaneously
early
tomorrow
last night
late
prematurely
recently
still
finally
this morning
eventually
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