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ACTION VERBS
 Verbs must always agree with its subject in person and in number.
 A singular subject requires a singular verbs; a plural subject requires a plural verb.
 It is a word that expresses action
 Words that express state of being like to be and all its forms: become, seem, remain, feel, taste, look and smell
are also verbs.
EXAMPLES:
1. My angel watches over me.
2. Our angels watch over us.

 Use the forms you are and you were whether the subject is singular or plural.
 Never use is or was when the subject is you.
EXAMPLE: You are late for dinner.

 Compound subjects connected by and usually require a plural verb.

EXAMPLE: Riza and Lea are sisters.

 The words each, either, and neither, anyone, no one, anybody, nobody, everyone, everybody, someone, and
somebody are always singular and require singular verbs.
EXAMPLE: Everybody was pleased with the result.

 Nouns such as civics, economics, ethics, mathematics, measles, molasses, mumps, news and physics, although
plural in form, are usually considered singular and require singular verb.
 Other nouns such as ashes, clothes, lanes, goods, pincers, pliers, proceeds, scissors, shears, spectacles, thanks,
trousers, and tweezers are usually considered plural and require plural verbs.
EXAMPLES:
1. Economics is taught by Mr. Delos Santos.
2. News usually spreads too fast.
3. Clothes were packed in big boxes.
4. Tweezers are used for plucking or handling small objects.

 Helping verbs is a verb that helps another verb.

 It comes before the main verb.
 The most frequently used helping verbs are the forms of to be (am, is, are, was, and were) and have (has, have,
had). The most common of the other helping verbs are the following: do, must, may, shall, could, would, does,
might, can, will, should, did
 The helping verb, together with the main verb that expresses action, is known as verb phrase.

EXAMPLES:
1. Tom-tom does not fear ghosts.
2. Tom-tom should tag along closely in order not to get lost.
3. A little road was straying across the hill.
4. If you are bound across the world, I’ll well contented be.
5. We have wandered through a meadow green.

LINKING VERBS
 It is a verb that links or connects the subject to the predicate word, which can be noun, a pronoun or an
adjective.
 The following are linking verbs: am, is, are, was, were, has been, have been, had been, shall be, and will be. They
do not show action.
EXAMPLE: Saint Lucy was a martyr. Esau and Jacob were good. God is our heavenly father.

TRANSITIVE VERB
 It needs a receiver or a direct object of the action.
EXAMPLES:
1. Since the beginning of time, human beings have worn different kinds of clothing.
2. The Eskimos wear animal fur to protect them against the cold winter weather.
 INTRANSITIVE VERB
 Do not need a receiver or a direct object
EXAMPLE:
1. After two years, it stopped because the war broke out.

VOICE
 it is the quality of a verb that shows whether the subjects is the doer or receiver of the action

PASSIVE VOICE OF VERBS

 If the receiver of the action becomes the subject in the sentence
EXAMPLES:
1. The bat as trapped by the huge cobwebs.
2. The candle was lighted by an unknown person

ACTIVE VOICE OF VERBS

 If the subject is the doer of the action
EXAMPLES:
1. The rats heard the scratching of the cat’s paw.
2. Green light shone through the window.

HOMONYMS
 Words that pronounced the same and they’re spelled the same

HOMOPHONES
 Words that sound the same but different in meaning

THE VERB DO
 DOES, DO – denotes present time
 DID – denotes past time
 DONE – denotes past time when used with such helping verbs as have, had, has, have been, and others.
 DO – may be used as a main verb or as a helping verb. Use do with I, you, and a plural subject. Use does with he,
she, it, and a singular noun.

EXAMPLES:
1. She does her homework every day.
2. The operator does his job well.
3. I do teach the children how to be polite and obedient.
4. Their standard of living did improve.

SIMPLE TENSES
 TENSE – it means time. It refers to the time of the action takes place or when the state of being exists.
 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE – indicates present time. It is used to express:
1. An action done repeatedly or habitually
2. A condition that is permanent
3. A fact or general truth

TWO FORMS OF SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

a. BASE FORM – used with plural subject
b. S-FORM – used with the singular subject

 BE FORMS – am, is, are, has, and have are also used to express simple present tense
 Time markers such as every day, every week, monthly, and every morning help indicate an action is done
repeatedly.
EXAMPLES:
1. The farmer buys fertilizer every planting season.
2. My parents come from Bulacan.