Verbs

Verbs

1. Types

   • Action Word: Explains what a person is doing
     • I am walking through the park
   • Saying Word: Describes how a person is saying something
     • She was whispering to her friend
   • Sensing Word: Describes how a person is feeling towards a particular situation
     • He loves his mum
   • Relating Word: Relating words are linking words that help join information
     • I have to go to work

2. Regular and Irregular

   • Regular
     • Those verbs that form their past participle with 'd' or 'ed' are regular verbs. These verbs do not undergo substantial changes while changing forms between tenses
       • Past
         • laughed walked jogged
           • I laughed at Georgie's joke
       • Present
         • laugh walk jog
           • I dont laugh at Jessica's jokes
   • Irregular
     • Those verbs that undergo substantial changes when changing forms between tenses are irregular verbs. The changed forms of these verbs are often unrecognisably different from the originals
       • Past
         • went swam felt
           • I swam in the creek in summer
       • Present
         • think swim go
           • I am thinking about food