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verb
What is a verb?

Name of Teacher
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The ABCs In Our English Class

1. Answer in complete sentence.

2. Be polite and respectful.
3. Cooperate and Participate.
4. Don’t forget to raise your hand
if you want to talk.
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5. Establish physical distance

with each other and wear your face
mask at all times.
6. Following these standards
would mean earning a merit badge/s
which is convertible to prizes after
our class.
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eat smile
cook talk
paint write
help do
like sing
love dance
bake make

walk run
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likes to cook
helps to bake
loves to paint
bakes and serve
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Mother likes to cook

everyday.
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Father loves to paint

during weekends.
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• Mother cooks a delicious

meal every morning.

• We go to the farm
weekly.
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• Mother cooks a delicious meal

every morning.
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• We go to the farm
weekly.
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• The girl washes her

hands regularly.

• The boy takes his vitamins

daily.
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• The girl washes her

hands regularly.
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• The boy takes his vitamins

daily.
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Plural subjects take the

base form of the verb
when expressing present
tense.
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• The girls wash their

hands regularly.

• The boys take their vitamins

daily.
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• The girls wash their

hands regularly.
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• The boys take their vitamins

daily.
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Past Tense
of the Verb
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Verbs taking
place/happen in the
Past use the Past Tense
of the verb.
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Rules in Forming
Regular Past Tense
of the Verb
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To form the past tense

of regular verbs add –d
or –ed at the end of
every word to indicate
past action.
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Present Past
dance danced
love loved
bake baked
mark marked
wiggle wiggled
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Some regular verbs

form their past tense by
changing y to i, then
add –d or –ed at the
end of every word.
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Present Past
try tried
fry fried
cry cried
fry fried
carry carried
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Change the underlined verb to
make the sentence correct.

1. My sister dance gracefully

at the ball last night.
2. Mother birds fly its birdie
to another tree.
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3. Mother cat carry its kitten

with its mouth.
4. My brother bake my
favorite cake yesterday.
5. Father fry the potato rings
this morning.
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PICK AND WRITE
Each member of the group will pick a
strip of paper with present tense of
the verb he/she will write a sentence
using its past tense on the board. The
first to finish writing will be given a
merit badge the group with most
number of badges wins and be given
10 additional badges.
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Rules in Forming
Irregular Past Tense
of the Verb
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RULE NO.1
Some irregular verbs
have the same present and
past tense.
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EXAMPLES
Present Past
bet bet
hurt hurt
read read
cut cut
put put
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RULE NO.2
In some cases of double
consonant, one letter is
omitted/ shortened to form
the past tense.
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EXAMPLES
Present Past
meet met
feed fed
choose chose
flee fled
lead led
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RULE NO.3
When ee is written together, one -e
is omitted and -t is placed at the end to
form the past tense.
Examples :
Present Past
feel felt
keep kept
meet met
sleep slept
creep crept
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RULE NO.4
Changing the last letter –d to –t
or by adding –t at the end.
Examples : Present Past
bend bent
send sent
lend lent
build built
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RULE NO. 5
Changing the vowel letters to
form its past tense
Examples : Present Past
swim swam
begin began
run ran
drink drank
ride rode
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RULE NO. 5( Continuation)
Present Past
drive drove
grow grew
see saw
tell told
blow blew
find found
break broke
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RULE NO.6
There are some that follow the
–ught rule .
Examples : Present Past
buy bought
catch caught
teach taught
think thought
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GENERAL RULE

Most irregular verbs

change their spelling when
they form the past tense. A
few have the same in both
present and past tense.
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Choose the correct form of

irregular verb in the parenthesis to
complete the following sentence.
Write the correct answer on your
paper.
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1. Dan and Marie (come, came) just
in time for the program yesterday.

2. Father ( leave, left) the door open

last night.

3. My cousin ( give, gave) me a new

bag during my birthday last year.
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4. Afraid of the dog, my brother

( ran, run ) home crying.

5. My uncle (drive, drove) us to the

city last weekend.
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