Monday 14 September 2015

ENGLISH BASICS GRAMMAR

Irregular Verbs

Regular verbs form their past and past participle by adding ed (d).


Base VerbPastPast Participle
learnlearnedlearned
studystudiedstudied
cookcookedcooked
solvesolvedsolved
askaskedasked
watchwatchedwatched
listenlistenedlistened


Irregular verbs do not have definite rules, but there are a few patterns.


Base VerbPastPast Participle
growgrewgrown
knowknewknown
beginbeganbegun
drawdrewdrawn
drivedrovedriven
flyflewflown
givegavegiven
speakspokespoken
swimswamswum
gowentgone
taketooktaken
findfoundfound
spendspentspent
teachtaughttaught
paypaidpaid
feelfeltfelt
buyboughtbought
meetmetmet
havehadhad
feedfedfed
keepkeptkept
cutcutcut
hithithit
setsetset
shutshutshut
fitfitfit



[Quiz 13.1]

Find the past and past participle forms of the following verbs using your dictionary:

bring
drink
think
tell
eat
make
beat

ANSWERS:

[13.1]
brought – brought
drank – drunk
thought – thought
told – told
ate – eaten
made – made
beat – beaten 

Gerunds

A gerund (verb + ing) acts like a noun in a sentence.

  • Seeing is believing.
  • Running a marathon is not an easy thing to do.
  • Watching TV is sometimes harmful.
  • Eating is always fun.
  • My hobby is painting.
  • She loves babysitting her sister.
  • I like listening to music.
  • I wasted all my afternoon by taking a nap.
  • I am afraid of singing a song on a stage.
Often, a possessive noun or pronoun comes before a gerund.

  • I hope that you don’t mind my using your pen.
  • Don’t be mad about my leaving early.
  • I don’t want you misunderstanding.
  • You will be amazed by my writing.

[Quiz 14.1]

Fill in the blanks.

1)I enjoy                      (draw) as a hobby.
2)She likes                      (buy) clothes.
3)Children are fond of                      (play) with water.
4)                     (dance) is my favorite thing to do.
5)I am upset at his                      (break) the rule.

ANSWERS:

[14.1]
1) drawing
2) buying
3) playing
4) Dancing
5) breaking

[TO BE CONTINUED]