A verb expresses action or a state of being.

A verb tells when the action happen=tense

I wash the dishes.

I am washing the dishes.

 Present tense

I washed the dishes.

 Past tense

I wanted to wash the dishes.

     Infinitive

  Principal Parts of a RegularVerb BasePresentParticiplePastPastParticipe

wash   washing  washed   washed

shop   shopping  shopped  shopped

hike    hiking   hiked    hiked

watch  watching  watched  watched

Distrbed by the noise,Mrs.Jones closed 

Participial Phrse

the windows.

The boys were in their seats,watching the game.       Participial Phrse

Simple Tense

*Simple present

*Simple past

*Simple future

Present Perfect

   = has / have + past participle(-ed)

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verb 

wash  am washing<present tense 

a verb tells when the action happens.=tense.

principal parts of a regular verb

base preseparticiplepastparticiplepast

wash   washing     washed   washed

shop   shopping   shopped  shopped

hike    hiking     hiked   hiked

disturb disturbing disturbed disturbed

watch  watching  watched   watched

disturbed by the noise,mrs jones 

participial phrase

closed the windows.

the boys were in their seats ,watching the game.      particippial phrase

to wash

infinitive

i wanted to wash the dishes.

past continuous (progressive):play

singula         plural

i was playing     we were playing

you wereplaying   you were playing

he,she,it was playing  they were playing 

continuous action in the past interrupted by a shorter action.v

sam and tom are componund subject

plural subject

play plura verb

jenn nor mike compound subject

jsingular subject 

mike likes  singular verb 

either harry or the girls are here.

singular    plural plural

either harry is here,or the girls are here.

and) plural subject us plural verb not+ing,not+to,not+s 

nor) compound subject us singular verb +s,not no +,not+ing,not+to

><)singular us plural 

sam and tom     play

plural subiect  plural verb

jenny nor mike

compound subject  jenny is singular subject    likes is singular verb

either harry is here,or the girls are here

singular  plural  plural