Use of Verbs' Five Forms to Learn English

Verbs

'Verb' is like a HEART in Learning English Grammar or Language

The following Video by Kishan Sir describes the detail information of the Verbs in GUJARATI

Þ A word which indicates an action in a sentence is called a verb.

Þ A verb shows action.

Ex. ‘Go’ which indicates an action of going.

‘Write’ which indicates an action of writing.

‘Jump’ which indicates an action of jumping.

‘Shout’ which indicates an action of shouting.

‘Throw’ which indicates an action of throwing.

‘Run’ which indicates an action of running.

‘Thing’ which indicates an action of thinking.

Þ A verb has five forms according to its use in Tenses.

Ex. Base form or V-1

Past Tense(pt) or V-2

Perfect Participle(pp) or V-3

Verb with s/es

Verb with ing

Examples:

V-1 go/ask/write/teach

V-2 went/asked/wrote/taught

V-3 gone/asked/written/taught

V-s/es goes/asks/writes/teaches

V-ing going/asking/writing/teaching etc

Þ Various forms of the verb as mentioned above are used in the tenses as shown below.

V-1 or Base form: write/ask/teach etc

Simple Present/Future/Modals Tenses - Affirmative/Negative/Interrogative/Neg+Interro

Simple Past Tense - Negative/Interrogative/Neg+Interro.

Imperative - Affirmative/Negative

V-2 or Past Tense(pt):wrote/asked/taught etc

Simple Past Tense – Affirmative

V-3 or Perfect Participle: written/asked/taught etc

All of Perfect Tenses - Affirmative/Negative/Interrogative/Neg+Interro

Passive of all Tenses - Affirmative/Negative/Interrogative/Neg+Interro

V-s/es form: writes/asks/teaches etc

Simple Present Tense – Affirmative (with only He/She/It/Singular subject)

V-ing form: writing/asking/teaching etc

All of Continuous Tenses - Affirmative/Negative/Interrogative/Neg+Interro

All of Perfect Continuous Tenses - Affirmative/Negative/Interrogative/Neg+Interro

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