Verbs and Tenses

June 23, 2019

Tenses

Tenses are something which tells when the action takes place, took place and will take place. Tense is the first step of any language. In this module, we will learn the different types and their usage.

Verbs

Verbs are often called an action. This tells us about the activities which we do. We have different forms of the verb which varies tense to tense. wherever there is an activity we use a verb.

Tenses :

It denotes the time of action. Basically, it tells you whether the action happens, happened or is going to happen.

Mainly there are 3 types of tenses which are as follows:

Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense

Verb :

A word which used to describe an action. A verb has the power of changing the sentence.

There are many kinds of the verb which are as follows:

Action Verbs
Transitive Verbs
Intransitive Verbs
Auxiliary Verbs
Stative Verbs
Modal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs
Irregular Verbs

Tense Chart

Tenses	Present Tense	Past Tense	Future Tense
Simple Tense	Ist Form + s/es	IInd Form	Will/Shall + Ist Form
Continuous Tense	Is/Am/Are + Ist Form + ing	Was/Were + Ist Form + ing	Will be + Ist Form + ing
Perfect Tense	Has/Have + IIIrd Form	Had + IIIrd Form	Will Have + IIIrd Form
Perfect Continuous Tense	Has/Have Been + Ist Form + ing	Had Been + Ist Form + ing	Will Have Been + Ist Form + ing

Verb Chart

Verbs	Deffinition	Example
Action Verbs	Action Verbs express some action	Run, Dance, Eat, Sleep, Stand, Smile She runs faster than me
Transitive Verbs	used with an object which reffers to the person or thing that is affected by the action of verb	Love, Respect, He loved his girlfriend more than his wife.
Intransitive Verbs	This verb doesn’t take a direct object hence there is no action received by the object	Laugh, Walk, Eat, trave John traveled to America.
Auxiliary Verbs	Auxiliary verbs are helping verbs	Do, did, could, have, I will go to the cinema after my exam
Stative Verbs	This verb express a state rather than an action, usually relate to emotions, senses and relationship	see, hear, have, feel She felt low today because of her bad health
Modal Verbs	Used to express abilities, possibilities, permissions, and obligation	Can, Must, May, Could, Should, Would May I go to office now? You could do this.
Phrasal Verbs	Its a combination word. They are mainly used to make a meaning out of two worsds	Break down, Run Out, Make Out, Face UP She ran out of money. My car broke down.
Irregular Verbs	Irregular verbs form their past and past participle forms in different ways.	put – put – put sit – sat – sat drank – drunk