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English Brushup, 3e Book Cover
English Brushup, 3/e
John Langan
Janet Goldstein
More About Verbs

Key Terms


dialect; also, community dialect  a regional version of language in which nonstandard forms of verbs are used in everyday life
irregular verb  a verb that has an irregular form in the past tense and past participle. Ex.: choose, chose, chosen
nonstandard forms  forms of verbs used in the dialect of a particular community; these are generally not acceptable in written English or in formal contexts. Ex.: Yesterday I fix the car.
principal parts of verbs  the four parts of every verb: present, past, past participle, and present participle
 PresentPastPast ParticiplePresent Participle
Regular Verbshoutshoutedshoutedshouting
Irregular Verbchoosechosechosenchoosing

verb tense  the times shown by verbs (present, past, future, etc.)








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