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Form 1 English- Verb

Verbs can be divided into regular and irregular verb.
Regular Verbs
Infinitive
attack
attend
accompany
behave
bury
call
carry
decide
die
listen
marry
guide
help
open
play
travel
visit

Present Participle

Past

Past Participle

Present Participle

Past

Past Participle

Irregular Verbs
Infinitive
bring
catch
come
do
eat
fight
go
hit
hide
make
pay
run
ride
see
stand
steal
stick
speak
spread
strike
sweep
swim
take
tell
understand
write
Tense

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A verb can also indicate time. It is called the verb tense. The tense shows when an action takes place.
Study the chart below:
Name of Tense
Simple Present

Time
day,
often,

every

Simple Past

sometimes, always, rarely

yesterday, last night, in 1997

They study
She studied

Simple Future

tomorrow, soon, in 2020, next

They studied
She will study

Present Continuous

year
at the

They will study

She is studying

Past Continuous

presently, currently
while, when, as

They are studying

She was studying

Present Perfect

since, for, recently, already, just,

They were studying

She has studied

Past Perfect

ever, never
after, before, as soon as

They have studied

She had studied

moment,

Example
usually,

now,

right,

She studies

They had studied

Exercise 1: Use the Simple Present Tense form of the verbs in the brackets.
1.

______________ (Do) you have a brother?

2. Lions and tigers ______________ (be) wild animals.

3. Islam _______________ (be) a way of life but many Muslims regard it only as a faith.
4. We _______________ (celebrate) Teachers Day on 16 May every year.
5. Identical twins _________________ (look) almost alike, so it is difficult to tell them a part.
6. The plural of fly ____________ (be) flies.
7. Your hair _________________ (need) washing.
8. Japan __________________ (be) an industrialised country.
9. Hasnis parents _______________ (visit) her every weekend.
10. I ____________ (do) my homework every night at 9.00 pm.
11. They often ___________ (play) badminton with their friends.
12. Friends _________________ (be) like flowers in your life.
13. Turtles ______________ (bury) their eggs in the sand.
14. Some people _______________ (like) to eat turtle eggs.
15. A few simple techniques _________________ (be) all you need to master the art of ikebana.

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16. Your clothes ____________ (need) to be ironed.

17. She never ______________ (watch) TV at night.
18. Cigarettes ______________ (contain) tar and nicotine.
19. Geese ______________ (be) fierce animals so they can be used as watchdogs.
20. She ___________ (have) two pairs of glasses.
21. Tommys teeth ____________ (be) white and even.
22. There _______________ (be) an apple, two pears and a durian in the basket.
23. Here ___________ (come) the ice-cream man.
24. One of the light bulbs _______________ (be) broken.
25. Every year twenty percent of the students ______________ (not, get) scholarships.

Exercise 2: Error Correction

Some of the sentences below have errors in Subject-Verb Agreement. Underline the error and
write the correct answer in the space provided. If there is no error, put a dash.
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Sentence
She do not know how to make a sandwich.
He have finished his work.
One of his friends are sick.
I go to work by bus.
Their mother always take them to the public swimming pool.
Faridah and Azmi has just bough a new house.
The photocopy machines costs quite a lot.
Has anyone seen my blue pen?
There are so much food on the table. I cant make yp my mind which food to

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eat first.
Some of the apples has worms in them.
Doris adores her pet rabbit. It sleep on her bed.
On the wall is a lovely painting. It has been there since my grand mother were

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a little girl.
Why are you wearing my shoes?
The common colours of the hisbiscus is red, white and yellow.
Muslims is prohibited from celebrating Valentines Day.
How much do this handbag cost?
The water in the river is dirty.
The clothes in the basket is soiled.
She want to end the marriage as her husband no longer lovesher.
How do you spell your name?
What are the difference between a toad and a frog?
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bushes.
The traffic is heavy today.

Correction

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I walks in the park every afternoon.

Grandfather and Uncle Joe are sitting on the swing.
Do I know you?
People who lives in glass houses shouldnt throw stones.
The public wants to know how their money is spent.
Three people is waiting outside to see you.
A florist is a person who sells flowers.