Verbs and Verb TensesYr 8 English

Verbs and Verb TensesLearning Intention

To know and understand what verbs and verb tenses are.

Success Criteria I can say what verbs and

verb tenses are. I can say and give

examples of verb tenses. I can define and list the

functions of verbs.

Key Vocabulary verb participles present participles past participles verb tenses present past future indicative conditional imperative

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Hook – Verb Game

What is a verb? Verbs express actions. They are doing, being

and having words.

Doing

Being Having

What are tenses? Tenses of verbs tell us

when actions happen. Present Past Future

What are participles? Present participles are

part verbs ending in –ing e.g. jumping, thinking e.g. I am (helper) thinking

(present participle).

Past participles are used to make a complete (finite) verb.

e.g. eaten, taken e.g. I will have (two helpers)

worked (past participle) hard.

English uses many helper (auxiliary) verbs. The main ones are made from to be and to have. They are placed before:

present participles past participles

Sometimes more thanOne helper is needed toMake a complete verb.

Types of verb tensesType Present Past FutureSimple run ran shall/will

runContinuous Is running was running shall/will be

runningComplete (perfect)

have run had run shall/will have run

Complete (perfect) continuous

have been running

had been running

shall/will have been running

I run on the track.

I ran on the track.

I will run on the track.

Types of verb tensesVerb Present Past Futureskipwalkeathelpthink

Function of verbs Verbs have functions. In grammar these are called moods. We can state facts, impose conditions or

give orders.

Function of verbs Function Present Past FutureStating a fact(indicative)

work worked shall/will work

Imposing limits (conditional)

should workwould work

should have worked

would have worked

should/would replaced shall/will

Expressing a command, request or an entreaty (imperative)

Let us work. (first person)

Let him/her/it/them work. (third person)

Work! Come! (implied second person)

Function of verbs - examples

Function Present Past FutureStating a fact(indicative)

I walk to the shops.

She went to a party yesterday.

He will buy a mobile phone tomorrow.

Imposing limits (conditional)

A new stove would work better than this old one.

The light should have worked as I put in a new globe.

He should study harder next year.

Expressing a command, request or an entreaty (imperative)

Come here! (command)

Please let him come to your party. (request)

Let’s not argue. (entreaty/begging)

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