| Basic Verbs | Verb Tenses | Emphatic and Progressive Verbs | Transitive/Intransitive | Diagramming Questions |
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What is expresses action or being to tell what the subject is or does
Define Verb
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What is past, present, future
Name the main 3 verb tenses
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What is shows action or condition in progress
Define a Progressive Verb form
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What is Passing action, movement
Define 'trans'
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What is 'Joel has become'
What is the subject and verb in: "Joel has become thoughtful and patient.
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What is am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being
List all the 'be' verbs
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What is future
Tell whether the tense is past, present or future: I shall write the words on the board
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What is gives added emphasis
Define Emphatic Verbs
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What is Direct or indirect object
What is likely to come after a transitive verb?
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What is 'during the night.'
What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence: 'The wind blew softly during the night.'
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What is have, has, had, do, does, did, may, might, must, can, could, shall, should, will, would
List 8 of the 'helping verbs'
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What is present perfect, past perfect, future perfect
Name the perfect tenses
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What is am, is, are, was, has had, have been
What is the key word that gives a clue in the progressive verb form.
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What is Does not pass action to a receiver
Define 'intransitive' complete verb.
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What is indirect object is Father and Uncle Floyd and direct object is hay.
What is the indirect and direct object in the sentence: 'Mr. Carson sold Father and Uncle Floyd some hay.'
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What is 1st - Present; 2nd - Past; 3rd - Past Participle
List the three principla parts of verbs
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What is have or has -- present; had - past and shall have or will have - future
What are the 'key words' that accompany the perfect tenses and which tense do they go with?
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What is Do, does, did
What is the emphatic 'clue' word?
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What is Expresses a condition or state of being. No action is passed
What is an intransitive linking verb.
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What is Mother prepared.
What is the subject and verb in the sentence: 'Mother prepared her family a delicious meal.'
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What is I hear….We hear
You hear…You hear He hears…They hear I heard We heard You heard You heard He heard…They heard I shall hear….We shall hear You will hear…You will hear He will hear…They will hear
Conjugate the verb 'hear'
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What is first person - shall; second and third persons use will
When do you use shall and when do you use will in the perfect tenses?
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What is Future perfect, progressive
Give the tense and tell whether there is an emphatic or progressive verb form: 'By six o'clock, they will have been traveling for nine hours.
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What is taste, see, etc. and they are often in the category of state of 'being.'
What are the 'sense' verbs and why do they fall in the intransitive category?
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What is ' Dad prepared' and 'who is'
There are two subjects and verbs in the sentence "Dad, who is a wonderful cook, prepared lobster ravioli for mom.'
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