Transcript Verb Forms - 9th Grade Writing

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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 drived
drivedinto
drove
intoaaditch.
ditch.
C
A.sung
B.chosing
C.drove
C.drove
D.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.
to laugh
Simple
Present
laugh(s)
Simple
Past
laughed
Past
Present
Participle Participle
laughed
laughing
to start
to travel
start(s)
travel(s)
started
traveled
started
traveled
Infinitive
Or to fish,
fish(es), fished,
fished, fishing!
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.
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The End.
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right verb
form get
away!