tailieunhanh - Toefl CBT book part 14

Nowadays, I am a lawyer with a busy law office, I very much appreciate those members of my staff who were sometimes affected by my work on the book, espe¬cially when they had to handle the legal work for clients because I was locked in my room trying to meet a deadline. | Part Mr Mr Vew p Wd visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at Auxiliary required The baby is crying. Auxiliary not required The crying baby needs to eat. Crying is acting as an adjective not a verb. Auxiliary not required The baby crying the loudest needs to eat. Crying is part of a reduced relative clause. Regular Verbs A regular verb follows standard rules. The past tense of a regular verb ends in -ed as does the past participle form. All verbs end in -ing in the present participle. The following table shows examples of regular verbs. Simple Present Tense Simple Past Tense Past Participle Present Participle walk walked walked walking study studied studied studying type typed typed typing Irregular Verbs Irregular verbs are obviously less predictable than regular verbs. Various rules apply to irregular verbs depending on the ending of the base verb. Studying lists of irregular verbs is not as helpful as paying attention to their use as you read English and listen to English conversations. The following table offers some examples of irregular verbs. Simple Present Tense Simple Past Tense Past Participle Present Participle begin began begun beginning find found found finding eat ate eaten eating ride rode ridden riding Simple Present Tense The simple present tense is not used very frequently to indicate present time in standard written English. Generally the present progressive tense is used to indicate that something is happening in the present time. Verbs in simple present tense usually indicate that an action is habitual or repetitive. Birds fly. This means that birds fly in general or regularly. It does not indicate that birds are flying now. 110 Structure For more material and information please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at Harry swims every day. This means that Harry regularly swims not that he is swimming now. However some verbs are used in simple present tense to indicate that something is happening in the present time. These verbs as .