How do verbs work in English? by Rachel Preminger https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg Please post your definition for how verbs work in English. en-us 2018-04-26 14:40:52 UTC 2025-11-19 03:08:50 UTC hello@padlet.com an action in the present 😼🤫😛 https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267586336 2022-08-22 15:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267586336 https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267588289 Present tense verbs often use “ing” at the end (ex: I am writing)]]> 2022-08-22 16:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267588289 https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267590377 •Words that describe motion or doing]]> 2022-08-22 16:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267590377 A current action, happening in the moment (Swimming, running, walking) https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267590446 2022-08-22 16:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267590446 https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267591418 we use them for talking about actions that are happening now]]> 2022-08-22 16:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267591418 https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267591671 Describe how a subject or person is doing, what they’re doing, their state, etc. Are necessary in a sentence and change depending on tense]]> 2022-08-22 16:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267591671 You add -ing to the end of a verb to imply present tense. https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267592969 2022-08-22 16:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267592969 Usually just the base form of the verb, there are a lot of irregular verbs, consistent across terms (he, I, you), except its often plural for he/she https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267593595 2022-08-22 16:05:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2267593595 https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678487266 SVO! Gerund for present tense, more or less. Adverbs come first... sort of. 
"to _____": infinitive. *Vaguely* present tense]]> 2023-08-30 16:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678487266 Verbs https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678490163 They work by describing an action that is currently happening like running ]]> 2023-08-30 16:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678490163 Present tense verbs https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678491098 A lot end in the suffix -ing and use the present tense version of the action]]> 2023-08-30 16:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678491098 https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678491606 not was or will, but is happening currently]]> 2023-08-30 16:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678491606 Verbs https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678492836 If you are doing it currently you are verb-ing]]> 2023-08-30 16:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678492836 https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678497423 In English we is “ing” at the end of a present tense verb]]> 2023-08-30 16:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678497423 Present tense verbs 24ensleyholcombandreotti https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678497747 Present tense verbs work by helping to explain what a person is doing in the given moment. We attach these words to things. (EX: Run)]]> 2023-08-30 16:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678497747 present tense verbs https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678497951 In English often present-tense verbs use the the root of a verb without any suffix. When refering to yourself or a group you typically use just the root, EX: I walk, they walk, and when talking about a single other person we add an 's', EX: She walks, he walks ]]> 2023-08-30 16:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678497951 Usually, verbs are the roots of future and past, it's in the moment. 26paislieholcomb https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678498033 2023-08-30 16:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678498033 https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678498073 Most present tense verbs require another verb (usually 'to be' ie: is/am/are) in front of them. 
i + AM + swimming
vs the past tense
i swam

she + IS + reading
vs 
she + read]]> 2023-08-30 16:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678498073 Present tense Verbs https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678498247 In english, a present tense word would be the base word with the suffix "-ing" at the end in mose cases. ]]> 2023-08-30 16:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678498247 Word like running and sleeping https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678499768 2023-08-30 16:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678499768 What it can do for us https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678503883 It has different arrangement of letters than latin (English: Flying, Flew, Air. Latin: Volare, Volar, Aer,Aeris)]]> 2023-08-30 16:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_preminger/yw36f1dupdlg/wish/2678503883