Question | Answer |
Infinitive | An infinitive is "to" + a verb used as a noun, adjective or adverb. |
Present Participle | A Present Participle is a verb + "ing" used as an adjective or a verb. |
Past Participle | A Past Participle is a verb + "ed" used as an adjective or a verb. |
Verb Forms | Infinitive
Present
Past
Present Participle
Past Participle |
Irregular Verb Tenses - to be | as, are, is, was, were, being, been |
Irregular Verb Tenses - to do | do does, did, doing, done |
Irregular Verb Tense - to rise | rise(s), rose, rising, risen |
Irr. Verb Tense - to raise | raise(s), raised, raising, raised |
Irr. verb tense - to lay | lay, laid, laying, laid |
Irr. verb tense - to lie | lie(s), lay, lying, lain |
Irr verb tense - to set | set(s), set, setting, set |
Irr. verb tense - to sit | sit(s), sat, sitting, sat |
Irr. verb tense - to beat | beat(s), beat, beating, beaten |
Irr. verb tense - to break | break(s), broke, breaking, broken |
Irr. verb tense - to write | write(s), wrote, writing, written |
Irr. verb tense - to shake | shake(s), shook, shaking, shaken |
Irr. verb tense - to go | go, goes, went, going, gone |
Subject | That part about which something is said. |
Predicate | That part which says something about the subject. |
Phrase | A Phrase is a group of words used as a single part of speech without a verb and a subject. |
Independent Clause | This expresses a complete thought like a sentence. |
4 types of Sentence Structures | Simple,
Compound,
Complex,
Compound-Complex |
7 Sentence Patterns | Subject/Verb
S/V/Direct Object
S/V/Indirect Object/DO
S/V/DO/Complementary Adjective S/V/DO/Complementary Noun
S/V/Predicate Adjective
S/V/Pred. Nominative |
Subordinate Clause | This does not express a comlete thought and does not stand alone. |