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loquacious
•adjective
•Definition: Very talkative; garrulous
•Example: The loquacious barber always told stories while cutting the customers’ hair.
Verb tense reviewPresent
Action occurring in the present
moment
Hedwig waits for Santa.
PastAction occurring in
a definite time before the present
moment
Last year, Hedwig waited for Santa.
FutureAction occurring at some time beyond
the present moment
Next year, Hedwig will wait for Santa.
Present PerfectAction continuing up to the present
moment
So far this year, Hedwig has waited for Santa for eight
months.
Past PerfectAction continuing to a fixed moment in
the past
Before leaving my house, Hedwig had waited for Santa all
morning.
Future PerfectAction continuing to a fixed moment in
the future
By Christmas, Hedwig will have waited for Santa
for one year.
Base (infinitive)
• the “name” of the verb, used in the present tense with s (es) added in the third-person singular.
Hedwig swims.
Past Participle
• The form used in all three perfect tenses.
Hedwig will have swum.Hedwig had swum. Hedwig has swum.
Regular vs. Irregular verbs
• Regular
• past and past participle are alike (using the addition of ed or d.
• (earn, earned, earned)
• Irregular
• past tense and past participle are not spelled alike.
• (swim, swam, swum)
Present Participle• formed by adding
ing to the base form of the verb. This works with both regular and irregular verbs.
Irregular: doPicci is doing nothing.
Regular: enjoyPicci is enjoying my file
box.
Auxiliary Verbs: Progressive Tense
• and the correct form of to be and -ing
• Picci is watching.
• Picci was watching.
• Picci will be watching.
• Picci has been watching.
• Picci had been watching.
• Picci will have been watching
modal auxiliary verbs: possibility
•May, can, and might are used to suggest possibility
My nose can be clean tomorrow.
My nose might be clean tomorrow.
My nose may be clean tomorrow.
modal auxiliary verbs: possibility
•Could is used to indicate ability, possibility, or permission in the past tense.
Yes, I could have worked
out.
a little more...• some modals and time
auxiliaries make use of to in the verb phrase.
Zukki: has toought toused to
supposed to(I) am to
(I) am going tomeant to
sleep.