Transcript Verb Forms

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Verb For ms
I know you can
say hook ,
hooked ...
But can you
say took,
tooked?
This
presentation
covers the use
of standard
A verb
regular
and form item on an
objective
test might look
irregular
verb
forms.
like this ...
Sample Item
Thomas sang
sang along
along until
until the
the CD
CD ended;
ended; then
then as
as
A
he was choosing
choosingaanew
newdisk,
disk,he
helost
lostcontrol
controlofof
B
the car and drove
drived into
drived
intoaaditch.
ditch.
C
A.
B.
C.
D.
sung
chosing
drove
drove
No change is necessary.
Is sang,
Drived is
choosing, or
incorrect, which
drived a badly
option C fixes.
formed verb?
Re gular verbs have r elia ble
for ms.
Infinitive
to laugh
to start
to travel
Simple
Present
laugh(s)
start(s)
travel(s)
Simple
Past
laughed
started
traveled
Or to fish,
fish(es), fished,
fished, fishing!
Past
Participle
laughed
started
traveled
Present
Participle
laughing
starting
traveling
Ir r e gular verbs, however,
have no consistent patter ns.
Infinitive
to drive
to think
to drink
to swim
Simple
Present
drive(s)
think(s)
drink(s)
swim(s)
Simple
Past
drove
thought
drank
swam
Past
Participle
driven
thought
drunk
swum
Present
Participle
driving
thinking
drinking
swimming
For example, to catch,
catch(es), caught,
caught, catching!
On many objective exams,
you can not use a dictionar y
to look up the cor r ect for m!
X
W hen in doubt, rely on
“gut” feelings.
Your eyes have seen in print—and your
brain has registered —all of the possible
verb forms that you will encounter for this
skill. If you don’t recognize the right
answer, go with the one that feels right.
Hey, I’ve seen
that verb
before!
Don’t confuse of and
have .
Instead of skipping class to go fishing,
Yolanda should of
have
studied
for her
studied
for her
accounting exam.
My grade
was a
disaster!
Confir m that used to is in
the past tense.
Now that he’s older, Fred has a full-time job,
but he use
used
spend
summers
fishing.
to to
spend
hishis
summers
fishing.
You’re a bad
influence!
Quick Test
Directions: In the items that follow, choose
the option that corrects an error in the
underlined portion(s). If no error exists, choose
“No change is necessary.”
Show me
what you
know.
Item 1
We knew
knew that
that Charley
Charley had
had hid
hidthe
hidden
thecookies
cookies
the cookies
inin in
A
BB
his bedroom, so we stole
stole his
his key
key and
and searched
searched in
in
C
all the dresser drawers.
A.
B.
C.
D.
knowed
hidden
hidden
stealed
No change is necessary.
Item 2
If we had known that you were serving squid
eyeball stew, we would of
of come
comefor
fordinner!
dinner!
A. of came
B. have came
C. have
have come
come
D. No change is necessary.
Item 3
Priscilla use
use to
used
totohave
have
haveaa apet
pet
petparakeet;
parakeet;
parakeet;her
her
hermother’s
mother’s
mother’s
AA
story is that the bird escaped and flew
flew away,
away, but
but
B
Priscilla believes that the cat ate it.
C
A.
B.
C.
D.
used
used
flied
eaten
No change is necessary.
Item 4
Julissa was soaked during the afternoon
thunderstorm because she had choosed
choosed to
towalk
walkto
to
school rather than drive.
A.
B.
C.
D.
chosen
chosen
choosen
chose
No change is necessary.
Item 5
James brought
brung roses
brung
roses
roses
and
and
and
begged
begged
begged
forgiveness,
forgiveness,
forgiveness,
but
butbut
AA
when Rhonda saw
saw that
that her
her ex
ex still
still hadn’t
hadn’t shaved
shaved
B
his ridiculous mustache, she shut
shut the
the door
door in
in his
his
C
face.
A.
B.
C.
D.
brought
brought
seen
shutted
No change is necessary.
Item 6
If Toby had tooken
tooken Charlene’s
Charlene’sadvice,
advice,that
thatbottle
bottleof
of
soda wouldn’t have exploded all over the front of
his new white shirt.
A. took
B. tooked
C. taken
taken
D. No change is necessary.
Item 7
Cooper laid
laid the
the 10-page
10-page paper
paper on
on Professor
Professor
A
Cook’s desk; he had wrote
wrote the
written
the
the
last
last
last
sentence
sentence
sentence
at
atat
B
2:50 p.m., and then he ran
ran across
across campus
campus to
to
C
deliver the work by the 3 o’clock deadline.
A.
B.
C.
D.
layed
written
written
run
No change is necessary.
Item 8
We would have
have knowen
knowenthat
thatDr.
Dr.Carlson
Carlsonhad
had
moved up the date of the quiz if we attended her
calculus class more frequently.
A. of knowen
B. have
have known
known
C. have knew
D. No change is necessary.
Item 9
Margaret broke
breaked
breaked
thethe
the
cookie
cookie
cookie
and
and
and
gave
gave
gave
half
half
half
tototo
AA
BB
the young man stuck in the elevator with her; they
told stories
told
stories to
to pass
pass the
the time
time as
as mechanics
mechanics
C
worked on the hydraulics.
A.
B.
C.
D.
broke
broke
gived
telled
No change is necessary.
Item 10
Meredith would have
have went
wentto
tothe
theconcert,
concert,but
but
Gregory misplaced the tickets, which they still
haven’t found.
A.
B.
C.
D.
of went
have gone
have
gone
have goed
No change is necessary.
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