Understanding Verb Tenses and Phrases

The video tutorial introduces the principal parts of regular verbs, focusing on present and past tenses, as well as present and past participles. It explains how participles are formed with helping verbs and suffixes like 'ING' and 'ED'. The tutorial includes practice exercises to identify verb tenses and concludes with a review of key concepts.

What are the principal parts of regular verbs?

• The main elements of adjectives

• The main elements of nouns

• The main elements of verb phrases

• The main elements of adverbs

Which verb tense describes an action happening right now?

• Past participle

• Future tense

• Present tense

• Past tense

What is a participle?

• A type of noun

• A verb phrase with a helping verb

• A type of adjective

• A type of adverb

What do you add to a verb to form a present participle?

• S

• ING

• ES

• ED

Which of the following is an example of a past participle?

• Had walked

• Will walk

• Walks

• Is walking

In the sentence 'Brian is pouring the water onto the flames,' what is the verb phrase?

• The water

• Is pouring

• Onto the flames

• Pouring

What tense is the verb 'terrified' in the sentence 'The porcupine terrified the young boy'?

• Present tense

• Past tense

• Future tense

• Present participle

Which step involves underlining and labeling the verb in a sentence?

• Step 3

• Step 2

• Step 4

• Step 1

What is the verb phrase in the sentence 'Wendy had wished for an early spring'?

• Wendy

• For an early spring

• Had wished

• Wished

In the sentence 'Jack saves his strength,' what is the tense of the verb 'saves'?

• Past tense

• Present tense

• Future tense

• Past participle