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Verb
Verb Forms
Forms

I know you can

say hook ,
hooked . . .

But can you

say took,
tooked?

This
presentation
covers the use
of standard
A verb
regular
and form item on an
objective
test might look
irregular
verb
forms.
like this . . .

Sample
Sample Item
Item
Thomas sang
sang along
along until
until the
the CD
CD ended;
ended; then
then as
as
A
he was choosing
choosingaanew
newdisk,
disk,he
helost
lostcontrol
controlofof
B
the car and drived
drivedinto
drove
intoaaditch.
ditch.
C
A.sung
B.chosing
C.drove
drove
D.No change is necessary.

Is
,,
Is sang
sangis
Drived
Drived
choosing
,is
choosing
, or
or
incorrect,
which
incorrect,
which
drived
aa badly
drived
badly
option
C
fixes.
option
C
fixes.
formed
formed verb?
verb?

Regular
Regular verbs
verbs have
have reliable
reliable
forms.
forms.
Infinitive

Simple
Present

Simple
Past

Past
Present
Participle Participle

to laugh
to start
to travel

laugh(s)
start(s)
travel(s)

laughed
started
traveled

laughed
started
traveled

Or to fish,
fish(es), fished,
fished, fishing!

laughing
starting
traveling

Irregular
Irregular verbs,
verbs, however,
however, have
have no
no
consistent
consistent patterns.
patterns.
Infinitive

Simple
Present

Simple
Past

Past
Participle

Present
Participle

to drive
to think
to drink

drive(s)
think(s)
drink(s)

drove
thought
drank

driven
thought
drunk

driving
thinking
drinking

to swim

swim(s)

swam

swum

swimming

For example, to catch,

catch(es), caught,
caught, catching!

On
On many
many objective
objective exams,
exams, you
you
can
cannot
not use
use a
a dictionary
dictionary to
to look
look
up
up the
the correct
correct form!
form!

When
When in
in doubt,
doubt, rely
rely on
on
gut
gut feelings.
feelings.
Your eyes have seen in print and your
brain has registered all of the possible
verb forms that you will encounter for this
skill. If you dont recognize the right
answer, go with the one that feels right.

Hey, Ive seen

that verb
before!

Dont
Dont confuse
confuse of
of and
and have
have..
Instead of skipping class to go fishing,
Yolanda should of
have
studied
studied
for her
for accounting
her
exam.
accounting
exam.

My grade
was a
disaster!

Confirm
Confirm that
that used
used to
to is
is in
in the
the
past
past tense.
tense.
Now that hes older, Fred has a full-time job,
but he use
used
to to
spend
spend
hishis
summers
summers
fishing.
fishing.

Youre a bad
influence!

Quick
Quick Test
Test
Directions: In the items that follow, choose
the option that corrects an error in the
underlined portion(s). If no error exists, choose
No change is necessary.

Show me
what you
know.

Item
Item 1
1
We knew
knew that
that Charley
Charley had
had hid
hidthe
hidden
thecookies
cookies
the cookies
inin in
A
BB
his bedroom, so we stole
stole his
his key
key and
and searched
searched in
in
C
all the dresser drawers.
A.knowed
B.hidden
hidden
C.stealed
D.No change is necessary.

Item
Item 2
2
If we had known that you were serving squid
eyeball stew, we would of
of come
comefor
fordinner!
dinner!
A.of came
B.have came
C.have
have come
come
D.No change is necessary.

Item
Item 3
3
Priscilla use
use to
used
totohave
have
haveaa apet
pet
petparakeet;
parakeet;
parakeet;her
her
hermothers
mothers
mothers
AA
story is that the bird escaped and flew
flew away,
away, but
but
B
Priscilla believes that the cat ate
ate it.
it.
C
A.
used
A.used
B.flied
C.eaten
D.No change is necessary.

Item
Item 4
4
Julissa was soaked during the afternoon
thunderstorm because she had choosed
choosedtotowalk
walktoto
school rather than drive.
A.
chosen
A.chosen
B.choosen
C.chose
D.No change is necessary.

Item
Item 5
5
James brung
brungroses
brought
roses
roses
and
and
and
begged
begged
begged
forgiveness,
forgiveness,
forgiveness,
but
butbut
AA
when Rhonda saw
saw that
that her
her ex
ex still
still hadnt
hadnt shaved
shaved
B
his ridiculous mustache, she shut
shut the
the door
door in
in his
his
C
face.
A.
brought
A.brought
B.seen
C.shutted
D.No change is necessary.

Item
Item 6
6
If Toby had tooken
tookenCharlenes
Charlenesadvice,
advice,that
thatbottle
bottleof
of
soda wouldnt have exploded all over the front of
his new white shirt.
A.took
B.tooked
C.taken
taken
D.No change is necessary.

Item
Item 7
7
Cooper laid
laid the
the 10-page
10-page paper
paper on
on Professor
Professor
A
Cooks desk; he had wrote
wrote the
written
the
the
last
last
last
sentence
sentence
sentence
at
atat
B
2:50 p.m., and then he ran
ran across
across campus
campus to
to
C
deliver the work by the 3 oclock deadline.
A.layed
B.written
written
C.run
D.No change is necessary.

Item
Item 8
8
We would have
have knowen
knowenthat
thatDr.
Dr.Carlson
Carlsonhad
had
moved up the date of the quiz if we attended her
calculus class more frequently.
A.of knowen
B.have
have known
known
C.have knew
D.No change is necessary.

Item
Item 9
9
Margaret breaked
breaked
broke
the
the
the
cookie
cookie
cookie
and
and
and
gave
gave
gave
half
half
half
tototo
AA
BB
the young man stuck in the elevator with her; they
told stories
told
stories to
to pass
pass the
the time
time as
as mechanics
mechanics
C
worked on the hydraulics.
A.
broke
A.broke
B.gived
C.telled
D.No change is necessary.

Item
Item 10
10
Meredith would have
have went
wentto
tothe
theconcert,
concert,but
but
Gregory misplaced the tickets, which they still
havent found.
A.of went
B.have
have gone
gone
C.have goed
D.No change is necessary.

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