Con Ed Business
November 16, 2016
Topics for Today
· Prepositions
· Verbs
Application
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Verbs
Example
I have to look at the book also.
Examples
· A dazzling light; your story was amusing.
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Tenses
Errors
One of the worst errors in speech and writing is the use of the Past Participle instead of the Past Tense
Examples
· I seen you ……………….. (incorrect)
· They done that ………… (incorrect)
· Have you broke it?...... (incorrect)
· They have went ……….. (incorrect)
· Tom drove his car………. (correct)
· I had driven that car…… (correct)
Application
Exercise 1
Underline the verbs in each sentence.
Exercise 2
Underline the verbs in each sentence.
Grammar
Except in the verb to , the Present Tense has the same form as the infinitive (unless the subject is he, she, it or a noun, when –s or –es). To form the Future Tense, we place shall or will in front of the infinitive. To form the Past Tens regular verbs we add –ed to the infinitive. So we have:
Infinitive Present Tense Future Tense Past Tense
(to) look looks, look shall look; will look looked
Subject Verb Agreement
He, She It looks
I, We, They look
Application
Exercise 1
Give the past tense of:
- Arise b.break c.cut d.fall e.say f.shake g. drink h. bite i. choose
Exercise 2
Give the past participle of:
- Bear b.drive c.fly d. give e. hurt f. ride g.sell h.speak i.come j.swim
Exercise 3
Give the present tense of:
- ate b.beaten c. froze d. hidden e. blew f. spoken g.awoke h.sold i.lost
Exercise 4
Give the present participle of:
a. throw b. give c. spring d.fire d. begin
Exercise 5
Give the past tense and participle of:
a. am b. do c. forget d.grow e. write f. sing g.tear h. hide i.go j. begin
Exercise 6
Complete the table below
Present Tense / Past Tense / Past ParticipleI rise / I rose / I have risen
I forget
I cut
I sing
I blow
Exercise 7
Fill in each space correctly with the words below:
Exercise 8
Use the correct part of the verbs in th blank spaces
Excerise
Choose the correct verb.
1. We(drank, drunk) our tea before we (sang, sung) the carol.
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