English Verb Drills is designed to help learners develop the skills that promote effective usage of verbs. It is a vehicle for students of all levels to review and drill conjugational forms, tenses, voice, mood, and verb usage.Students of language often struggle with the conjugations of verbs. Thisis particularly true of European languages. One fortunate exception is theEnglish language. Except for the thirdperson singular conjugation of most verbs, there are no conjugational endings to be considered in the present tense. In the thirdperson singular, most verbs simply require the ending s. Although the conjugation of English verbs is a relatively simple matter, there are other aspects of verbs that require explanation, illustration, and practice. The two most significant of these aspects are verb irregularities and verb usage. This book identifies the varieties of verb irregularities and provides abundant practice with them. The patterns of verb usage are also explained and illustrated and accompanied by numerous exercises for practice
[...]... looked looked looked looked to marry married married married married married to try tried tried tried tried tried However, if the final -y of a verb is preceded by a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), the -y does not change to -i- In most cases, the suffix -ed is simply added to the verb Following are a few exceptions: Pronoun I you he / she / it we they to play played played played played played to pay paid paid paid... full of colored eggs 13 We sleep until 9:30 A.M 14 The butcher weighs the three filets of fish 15 Mr Jackson tells another funny story Verbs Followed by Infinitives Perhaps you noticed in some of the example sentences that certain verbs conjugated in the present or the past tense can be followed by another verb in its infinitive form Some verbs that can be followed 10 English Verb Drills by an infinitive... The English past tense is composed of regular verbs and irregular verbs Forming the past tense of regular verbs is quite simple: drop the particle word to from an infinitive and then add the suffix -ed Verbs that end in -y change to -i- and then add the ending -ed All persons have the same past tense form Pronoun I you he / she / it we they 4 English Verb Drills to look looked looked looked looked looked... have tried to 4 Somebody has attempted to 5 Will he manage to ? 6 The weather had seemed to 7 She will arrange to 8 I had wanted to 9 The lawyers have agreed to 10 You have failed to 11 We have promised to 12 The boys will have learned to 13 The women will ask to 14 Several of them had prepared to 15 I will have failed to 24 English Verb Drills 3 Linking and Intransitive Verbs Linking Verbs... Transitive Verb She feels the fabric Bill smelled the flowers They grow tropical plants He sounds the alarm She proved the theory Mom tastes the soup It is easy to determine whether these verbs are used as linking verbs or as transitive verbs Replace the verb with an appropriate form of to be If the sentence still makes sense, the verb is a linking verb If it makes no sense, the verb is a transitive verb. .. She remained Linking Verbs as Transitive Verbs Some of the linking verbs can also be used as transitive verbs That is, they do not combine a subject with an adjective that follows them, but, instead, they take a direct object Compare the following sentences Each direct object is underlined Linking Verb She feels happy The cake smelled burned It grows dark The music sounds loud It proved wrong The... “contemporary” future tense 1 she ate 2 I looked 3 no one understood 16 English Verb Drills 4 Mr Wills found 5 we spoke 6 Jim and I went 7 she heard 8 they jumped 9 Ms Garcia cut 10 you were 11 the men drank 12 it seemed 13 something happened 14 nothing stopped 15 he saw 16 you bought 17 I thought 18 we hurried 19 the child cried 20 it had When the future tense is expressed as a question, the auxiliary is the... lend 19 someone knocks 20 English Verb Drills 20 it bleeds 21 you have 22 they are 23 Maria allows 24 we spend 25 it costs The Past Perfect Tense The past perfect tense consists of the past tense of have followed by a regular or an irregular participle I had said you had broken he had changed she had had it had started we had borrowed you had written they had been This tense is used when an action began... (he speaks) or a past action (he spoke) But in the other tenses, auxiliaries are conjugated and verbs appear as infinitives or past participles Infinitives are the base form of a verb and are often preceded by the particle word to (to go or go, to be or be) Regular past participles end in -ed (have looked, have talked) and irregular past participles take a variety of different forms (have seen, have met,... have Will and Shall Will The verb to will has a limited use as a transitive verb It means that someone exercises his desire to do something or to use his own will It can be used in various tenses but tends to be used in modern English in the present and past God wills it, and therefore it must be done The sickly man willed himself well But this verb s primary use in modern English is as one of the auxiliaries . Phrasal Verbs 169 Mastery Check 177 Appendix: Irregular Verbs 185 Answer Key 188 v Preface English Verb Drills is designed to help learners develop the skills that pro- mote effective usage of verbs aspects of verbs provided in the entire book. Besides an Answer Key, there is a useful appendix at the end of the book that provides a complete list of irregular English verbs. English Verb Drills. 73 9 Modifying Verbs 83 10 Using Participles 91 11 Verbals: Infinitives and Gerunds 99 12 Subject -Verb Agreement 107 13 Tenses, Number, and Clauses 117 14 The Verb Get 125 15 Verbs in Relative