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4.1 Part One and Part Two Overview 62

PART ONE: FORM OF ENGLISH VERBS

4.2 Verb Families 63

4.3 Types of Verbs 63

4.4 Regular and Irregular Verbs 65

4.5 The Four Principal Parts of a Verb 66

4.6 The First Principal Part: Base Form 67

4.7 The Second Principal Part: Past Form 71

4.8 The Third Principal Part: Present Participle 72

4.9 The Fourth Principal Part: Past Participle 74

PART TWO: USES OF ENGLISH VERBS

4.10 The Four Principal Parts and Verb Tenses 75

4.11 Special Helping Verbs: Modals 80

4.12 Linking Verb To Be as Main Verb 80

4.13 Non-Action Verb To Have as Main Verb 82

4.14 Main and Helping Verbs in Questions and Statements 83

4.15 Verbs with Direct Objects 87

4.16 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 88

4.17 Verbs Expressing Commands 90

4.18 Overview of Verbs 90

4.19 Review Exercises 94

CHAPTER 4

VERBS

Nouns Adjectives Pronouns Verbs Adverbs PrepositionsConjunctionsInterjections

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