tailieunhanh - Express Review Guide - Spelling_04

Tham khảo tài liệu 'express review guide - spelling_04', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 144 Express Review Guides SPELLING V A O o V A A A Y G E Y W S G A T E W T Y S What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands Feeling Tense Verb Conjugation he dictionary defines a verb as the part of speech 3 that expresses existence action or occurrence. This definition does not quite capture the extreme importance of verbs to our language and our way of thinking. If we didn t have verbs we would have no way of expressing what we were doing where we were going what we were thinking or who we are. If there were no verbs we would be unable to talk about the past or the future. We could point to objects and say their names but this conversation would probably get pretty boring after a while. Without verbs we couldn t even acknowledge that we didn t have much to talk about since acknowledge and talk are verbs themselves The rules for conjugating verbs can be a difficult thing to understand mostly because there are so many verbs that are exceptions. As we take a look at verb tenses and forms however you will see some of the same spelling patterns that you ve already learned while studying suffix and plural endings. The rules for spelling the past tense of regular verbs for instance are almost exactly the same as the rules for making the plural forms of regular nouns except instead of using the letters -s or -es you use the letters -d or -ed. VERB FORMS Every verb in the English language has potentially five different spelling forms present tense form third person singular present tense form past tense form present participle form and past participle form. One verb be has a few additional forms. 146 Express Review Guides SPELLING Before we look at the rules for conjugating verbs let s take a quick look at the five major spelling forms. Form 1 Present tense The present tense is the tense of a verb used to show something happening right now or an existing state of being. It is also known as the base form. The present tense is used with all subjects except third person