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English Grammar Verbs

Section 1: Parts of Speech: Lecture 3 | 11:46 min

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	0 answers Post by Albert Luh on September 18, 2019 Are there other types of verbs besides the types of verbs mentioned in this class?
	0 answers Post by Anthony Villarama on December 29, 2017 The last example, "find the verbs answers", is seems incorrect. I will quote the script "everyone by growing". The word growing is not a verb because it is preceded with the preposition "by". Growing is like a gerund, which is the object of the preposition. Please comment Professor Hendershot. Thank you.
	0 answers Post by Guillermo Rodriguez on September 20, 2017 No ing word by itself can ever be the verb of a sentence; it most have a helping verb with it. The ducklin surprises everyone by growing into a beautiful swan. There is not helping verb on growing to be a verb.
	0 answers Post by Kausar Begum Ayesha on February 19, 2015 Hello, Could you please help us in distinguish between the abstarct nouns and verbs please, I know it's kind a stupid, but I am finding it hard to differentiate. Thanks
	2 answers Last reply by: Shane Sat May 14, 2022 5:39 AM Post by Denyse on July 17, 2014 what will you be doing tonight?
	2 answers Last reply by: Albert Luh Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:13 PM Post by Denyse on July 17, 2014 help me answer the following question. what are u wearing today?
	1 answer Last reply by: Professor Hendershot Sat Jan 11, 2014 2:03 AM Post by abdulaziz bagabas on December 24, 2013 HELLO, YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER PROFFESSOR HENDERSHOT, I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE MEANING OF LINKING AND HELPING VERBS KEEPING IN MIND I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THEM IN THE LECTURE ABOVE, THANK YOU.
	1 answer Last reply by: Professor Hendershot Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:08 PM Post by Soheil Pana on November 9, 2013 Why isn't ''to come'' In the ''find the verb practice'' a verb?
	1 answer Last reply by: Professor Hendershot Wed Oct 2, 2013 9:10 PM Post by Rosa Avila on September 26, 2013 "The duckling surprises everyone by growing into a beautiful swan." I am still confused about the word "growing" in this sentence. "Growing" is the present participle form of the verb "to grow", but how is it functioning in the sentence? Isn't the verb in the sentence "surprises" and "by growing into a beautiful swan" a prepositional phrase?
	1 answer Last reply by: Professor Hendershot Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:40 PM Post by Rosa Avila on September 21, 2013 In "Find the Verbs" practice, in the sentence â€œThe duckling surprises everyone by growing into a beautiful swan.â€ you say that growing is a verb, but doesnâ€™t it need the verb to be to make it so. Isnâ€™t growing acting as a gerund in this sentence?
	2 answers Last reply by: Larry wang Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:45 PM Post by Larry wang on August 22, 2013 Hello Professor, on the slide-"Base Form of the Verb", you mentioned infinitives are used to mention abstract concepts. Could you please elaborate. I walk (concrete concept)/ I like to walk (abstract concept).
	2 answers Last reply by: Ana Chu Mon May 6, 2013 7:52 PM Post by Brett Snodgrass on April 3, 2013 Whats a participle. You say its the "past participle form of the verb", I don't understand participle
	1 answer Last reply by: Professor Hendershot Wed Apr 3, 2013 3:11 PM Post by Daniel Valenzuela on December 20, 2012 At the very end of the lecture, on the practice, "To come" was not underlined... I don't understand why! Please explain it to me. "And we will be reading it for many years to come" Isn't that a verb?
	1 answer Last reply by: Professor Hendershot Wed Apr 3, 2013 3:11 PM Post by PABLO AGREDANO on December 10, 2012 my question is in regards to the "find the verb excercise (ugly duckling)". are the helping verbs be, have, and will always verbs? or are there instances when they do not act like verbs?
	0 answers Post by Naser Ismaeil on December 2, 2012 The instructor is great, however, the slides under "download lectures slides." are not listed in order and missing the progressive tense slide. Printing the slide need to be practical, I need an easier way to print the slides for the entire session without having to print it slide by slide. Thank you
	0 answers Post by John DiGasbarro on August 31, 2012 You go through the materil to fast
	2 answers Last reply by: Aman Singh Sun Apr 13, 2014 2:08 PM Post by joseph lucky on June 12, 2012 hello, in this series, the story about the ugly duckling, is the word ''story'' a verb or a noun? I knew that ''is'' is a verb but in this context, I rather thought of ''story'' to be the ''action verb'' and the IS to be acting as an adjective modifying the verb ''story''?.....please clarify me! thanks

Verbs

A verb describes an action or state of being.
Action verbs describe actions. Linking verbs connect subjects to subject complements (nouns, adjectives) and can be replaced with an equal sign. Helping verbs are paired with other verbs to form special tenses.
Verbs change form according person, number, and tense.
The base form of a verb is the first-person singular form. The present participle is formed by adding the suffix –ingto the base form. The past participle form is formed by adding the suffix –edor –d to the base form.
Simple past, present, and future tenses describe events in the past, present, and future respectively. Perfect tenses describe actions that are complete as of the time in question. Progressive tenses describe actions that are ongoing as of the time in question.

Verbs

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Intro 0:00
Lesson Overview 0:06
What is a Verb? 0:41

Definition

Kinds of Verbs 1:28

Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs

How Verbs Vary: Person 2:47

Person and Number

Follow the Verbs! Practice 4:03
Follow the Verbs! Practice 4:28
How Verbs Vary: Basic Verb Forms 4:49

Base Form
Present Participle Form
Past Participle Form

How Verbs Vary: Tense 6:43

Examples
Perfect Tense
Progressive Tense

Find the Verbs Practice 9:19
Find the Verbs Answers 10:01

English Grammar Online

Section 1: Parts of Speech
	Nouns	12:48
	Pronouns	13:32
	Verbs	11:46
	Adjectives	18:33
	Adverbs	9:26
	Prepositions	11:31
	Conjunctions	19:51
	Interjections	7:42
Section 2: Verb Forms and Tenses
	Basic Verb Forms	11:41
	Simple Tenses	12:12
	Perfect Tenses	11:21
	Progressive Tenses	12:00
	Conditional Tenses & Subjunctive Mood	10:28
Section 3: Sentence Parts and Patterns
	Subjects	15:08
	Predicates	13:02
	Objects	11:49
	Sentence Types	9:18
Section 4: Trouble with Verbs
	Helping Verbs	8:42
	Infinitives & Gerunds	12:50
	Troublesome Verbs	10:28
	Consistent Tense, Mood & Voice	15:09
	Subject-Verb Agreement	18:11
Section 5: Common Grammar Problems
	Pronoun Agreement and Reference	19:09
	Pronoun Case & Relative Pronouns	14:48
	Modifiers & Their Placement	19:13
	Articles	17:49
	Commonly Confused Words	11:29
Section 6: Common Sentence Problems
	Sentence Fragments	15:43
	Run-On Sentences	12:13
	Parallelism	8:33
	Active vs. Passive Voice	9:54
	Idioms	11:18

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Rebekah Hendershot

Verbs

Duration: 11:48 min.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Parts of Speech

Nouns

12m 48s

Intro