- Definition of verb phrases
A verb phrase is a syntactic unit consisting of
an auxiliary (helping) verb preceding the main verb. It often contains a head
verb, complements, objects, and modifiers as its dependents.
Examples:
- The author is writing a new book.
- He was walking to work today.
- Definition of tense
Tense is a verb-based method used to indicate
the time, and sometimes the continuation or completeness, of an action or state
in relation to the time of speaking.
- Present Tense
The simple present tense (all called the present
tense) is used to express action that is happening in the present, now,
relative to the speaker or writer.
Examples:
- They enjoy the sunset.
- We go to the beach now.
- Past Tense
The simple past tense (also called the past tense)
is used to express actions that are completed at any time (recent or distant
past) or for any duration (length of event).
Examples:
- They went to Japan with my family last week.
- Yayuk won the photography contest in his school two days ago.
- Future Tense
The simple future tense (also called the future
tense) is used to express action that will certainly occur at any time later
than now.
Examples:
- I will buy the house next year.
- Doyok will open the class tomorrow.
- Definition of Subject-verb agreement
Subject verb agreement refers to the fact that
the subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number. In other words, they
both must be singular or they both must be plural. You can’t have a singular
subject with a plural verb or vice versa. The tricky part is in knowing the
singular and plural forms of subjects and verbs.
Examples:
- The sun rises.
- The stars shine.
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