Theme: Verb forms

Theme: Verb forms.

The independent work written by Botirova Muhayyo ,a student of the 222 the groupof Practical-psychology. Urgench State UniverstyFacultyof pedogog in English

In the English language, verbs are used to represent the action done by the subject in a sentence or a context. There are five main verb forms in English. Let us look at each one of them in detail.
Table of Contents

• What Is a Verb Form?
• Root Verb with Examples
• Third Person Singular Present Form with Examples
• Present Participle Form of the Verb with Examples
• Simple Past Form of the Verb with Examples
• Past Participle Form of the Verb with Examples
• Test Your Knowledge of the Five Forms of Verbs
• Frequently Asked Questions on Verb Forms in English

What Is a Verb Form?
A verb form is a way in which a verb is shaped or modified in order to suit the context that speaks about an action that is performed at a specific time. The five verb forms in English are root verb, third person singular present form of verb, present participle, simple past and past participle.
Root Verb with Examples
The root verb is the verb in its original form, without any inflexion or change. The root form of the verb is used as the base form to create the other forms of the verb. Keep in mind that this is not the case with all verbs. The root form of the verb is modified when conjugated to represent other forms of the verb only for regular verbs. Irregular verbs have unique ways in which they are conjugated, and not all remain the same.
Root verbs are most often used to indicate the simple present tense. Let us take a look at the following examples of how the root verb is used in sentences.
Examples of Root Verbs:

• I love watching movies with my friends. (Root verb – love)
• I finish my homework before 6 p.m. everyday. (Root verb – finish)
• You play really well. (Root verb – play)
• You are beautiful. (Root verb – be)

In the above examples, the verbs ‘love’, ‘finish’, ‘play’ and ‘are’ are used in their original form, and so they are called root verbs.

• Tom likes having cereal for breakfast.

Root verb – like, Third person singular form – likes

• Sheela teaches English for sixth grade students.

Root verb – teach, Third person singular form – teaches

• My father reads the newspaper everyday.

However, there are a few verbs that retain the ‘e’ in the base form when converted to the present participle form of the verb.
This form of the verb is used in the continuous/progressive tenses to indicate that the action is still going on. It is also used to convert verbs into nouns that refer to an action.
Other verbs like this include give, lend, offer, promise, sell, teach, tell, throw. However, verbs that can't be followed by object + object in the active have only one of these passive forms:
He described me the situation.
He described the situation to me.
• I was described the situation.
• The situation was described to me.