AAAQuizMaster.com       *To activate print: right click on your mouse or ctrl-p!    P.32

Homepage         Rote Learning: Study Work Sheets!   Please print!

Parts of Speech:     Verb Definition:

A verb is a word used to express action or state of being. The verb is the heart of a sentence, and every
sentence must have a verb. A verb indicates the time (tense) of an action, event or condition by changing its form: past, present, and future. Each of the previous mentioned tenses can be broken down into four sub-tenses. Thus, in total, there are twelve tenses.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________

A verb is a word used to express action or state of being. The verb is the heart of a sentence, and every
sentence must have a verb. A verb indicates the time (tense) of an action, event or condition by changing its form: past, present, and future. Each of the previous mentioned tenses can be broken down into four sub-tenses. Thus, in total, there are twelve tenses.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________

A verb is a word used to express action or state of being. The verb is the heart of a sentence, and every
sentence must have a verb. A verb indicates the time (tense) of an action, event or condition by changing its form: past, present, and future. Each of the previous mentioned tenses can be broken down into four sub-tenses. Thus, in total, there are twelve tenses.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________

A verb is a word used to express action or state of being. The verb is the heart of a sentence, and every
sentence must have a verb. A verb indicates the time (tense) of an action, event or condition by changing its form: past, present, and future. Each of the previous mentioned tenses can be broken down into four sub-tenses. Thus, in total, there are twelve tenses.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________

The twelve verb tenses are: (Time)

The four past tenses are:

  1. the simple past..................................I went to the store.
  2. the past progressive........................ I was going to the store.
  3. the past perfect............................... I had gone to the store.
  4. the past perfect progressive........... I had been going to the store.

The four present tenses are: verb: to go

  1. the simple present.......................... I go to the store.
  2. the present progressive................. I am going to the store.
  3. the present perfect........................ I have gone to the store.
  4. the present perfect progressive.... I have been going to the store.

The four future tenses are:

  1. the simple future.............................. I will go to the store.
  2. the future progressive..................... I will be going to the store.
  3. the future perfect.............................I will have gone to the store.
  4. the future perfect progressive........ I will have been going to the store.