VERB PACKET

Mrs. Donna Garner -- English I

February 24, 1998

¶1. The verb is the most important part in a sentence. If you can find the verb(s), then you will have no trouble finding the subject(s). Once you find a verb just ask yourself who or what.

Example: There are three boys in the street. ("Are" is the verb; say, "who" are? -- "boys" are)

Therefore, even if the subject comes toward the end of the sentence, once you find the verb, it is not hard to find the subject.

¶2. In order to recognize verbs easily, you must memorize the following formulas:

¶3. Just as a father can have many children (some look like him and some do not look like him), a verb father can have many children. Some of the verb forms look like the father, and others do not look like him. We are going to call the infinitive form the verb father. To enjoy is really an infinitive, but we are going to call to enjoy a verb father. We are going to try to locate all the children that belong to the to enjoy family. The way that we go about finding all the possible children is by a process called conjugating. You simply apply the formulas, which you have already memorized, to the Principal Parts of Verbs Chart, and use the following pattern for conjugating:

By looking at the Principal Parts Chart, you will see the following:

*Normally the form "shall" is used in the 1st person and "will" is used in 2nd and 3rd persons. If a person wants to indicate strong emotion, determination, or volition, then the forms are reversed--"will" is used in 1st person; "shall" is used in 2nd and 3rd person.

Example: I will do my work. (normal)

I shall do my work. (determination/strong emotion) You shall finish this test. (normal)

You will finish this test. (determination/command)

(The same pattern follows for all the rest of the tenses. For instance, the Future Conditional forms would be: I should/would enjoy, you should/would enjoy, etc.)

¶4. Now let's go back and write down all of the different verb children that we have located through conjugating.

¶5. Do you see that by knowing the formulas, the Principal Parts of Verbs Chart, and the pattern for conjugating that you can locate 34 children of the verb family to enjoy? The next thing that we must study and know is the Principal Parts of Verbs Chart.

¶6. You know your formulas, the Principal Parts of Verb Chart, and the pattern for conjugating. You are all set. Conjugate the 14 tenses of to swim -- Present, Past, Future, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Perfect, Present Progressive, Past Progressive, Future Progressive, Future Conditional, Future Conditional Perfect, Present Emphatic, Past Emphatic, and Miscellaneous 10. (You may use ditto marks where appropriate.)

¶7. Conjugate in 14 tenses the verb to burst.

¶8. Make a list of all 34 children of the verbs to spring and to swim.

¶9. Now write down the 34 children of the "jabberwocky" verb to snark.

¶10. Do Worksheet #1. Write the formula above the tense name. Then write down the 3rd person, singular form (he) in the blank.

1. Present of to go __he goes_______________________________

2. Past of to strike _________________________________

3. Past Progressive of to have ___________________________________________

4. Past Progressive of to risk _____________________________________________

5. Future Perfect of to have ________________________________________________

6. Present Perfect of to go _________________________________________

7. Future of to run _________________________________________

8. Past Perfect of to see ___________________________________________

9. Future Progressive of to jump ____________________________________________

10. Present Progressive of to attack __________________________________________

11. Present of to play ___________________________________

12. Present Perfect of to drown ___________________________________________

13. Past Perfect of to have ______________________________________________

14. Future of to drink ______________________________________________

15. Future tense of to drink _________________________________________

16. Present Progressive of to ride ________________________________________

17. Future Progressive of to skate _________________________________________

18. Past Perfect of to seem ______________________________________________

19. Future Perfect of to go ______________________________________________

20. Future Progressive of to burst ________________________________________

21. Past of to bring _____________________________________________

22. Present Perfect Progressive of to go _____________________________________

23. Past Perfect of to become _________________________________________

24. Present Perfect Progressive of to sting __________________________________

25. Past Perfect Progressive of to sneak ______________________________________

¶11. Do Worksheet #2. Write the name of the tense.

1. had played ______Past Perfect____________________________

2. came ___________________________________

3. had burst ________________________________________

4. will have burst _________________________________________

5. shall ride ____________________________________

6. have ____________________________________

7. is going ___________________________________________

8. was going _______________________________________________

9. shall be going ___________________________________________________________

10. shall have been going _______________________________________________

11. has shrunk _________________________________________________

12. laughed __________________________________

13. has run _____________________________________

14. has been going _______________________________________________

15. he bursts ________________________________________

16. he burst ________________________________________

17. has raised ____________________________________________

18. shall have raised ________________________________________

19. had been finishing _________________________________________

20. shall have been driving ________________________________________

¶12. Do Worksheet #3. In the blank write the correct form of the verb. The "father" is listed to the right of each sentence. Write the name of the tense over the correct choice.

1. Has that large bird dog ______________across my flower bed? (to run)

2. No, it _______________across the parking lot. (to run)

3. Who has ___________________ my library book? (to take)

4. I think George _________________ it. (to take)

5. Have you ___________________________ those rugs? (to shake)

6. Yes, I _________________________ them this morning. (to shake)

7. The manager _______________________ pleasantly to me yesterday. Hasn't he

always ________________________________ pleasantly to you? (to speak)

8. Someone ___________________ David's car last night. (to steal)

9. The balloon ______________________ into flames. Had it ____________________

____________________________ into flames before the crowd dispersed? (to burst)

10. Have you _______________________________ the new bus? Yes, I

____________________________ it last week. (to drive)

11. John has _________________________ a new overcoat. I thought he

_________________________ one last year. (to buy)

12. Who _____________________________ the apple cider for breakfast? Have you

ever ______________________________ apple cider before? (to drink)

13. Has he ___________________________________ his breakfast? Yes, he

_______________________ this morning. (to eat)

14. Have you _________________________ your partner? I

__________________________ yesterday at the cheerleading clinic. (to choose)