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Lesson 4: Parts of Speech - Verbs

Verbs describe what something does.

Verbs have a variety of different tenses. The dictionary form is generally present-tense. This tense is for something that is going on now, or is a recurring event. Examples: I run at 6AM every day. The other tenses are:

• Present progressive. These describe an event that is happening as you speak. "I am running."
  
• Past. This describes an action that happened and was completed in the past. "I ran yesterday."
  
• Past progressive. This describes an action which was going on at the point in time which you are talking about. "I was running when something happened."
  
• Future. This describes, simply, an event that will happen in the future. "I will run tomorrow."
  
• Present Perfect. This describes an event which started in the past and continued up to present day. "I have lived here for 5 years."
  
• Present Perfect Progressive. This describes an event which started in the past, and is still going on, and may continue going on. "I have been running for 30 minutes."
  
• Past perfect. This describes something that happened in the past and was completed at a later point, still in the past. "I had lived there for 5 years."
  
• Future Perfect. This describes an action that will be finished in the future. "I will have lived here for 5 years next month."
  

Verbs can also be passive. This occurs when what would be the object becomes the subject. Passive verbs are identified by auxiliary verbs which is generally a tense of the copula [is]. Examples: "The parts were shipped yesterday." Compare to: "The company shipped the parts yesterday."

See Lesson 2 for details on transitive/intransitive verbs.

Good job.

Now to get people to read it.

That was rather unexpected.

Lesson 5: Punctuation and Contractions

As previously stated, all sentences end in one of the following: . ! or ?

To seperate clauses in a complex sentence [two topics to be discussed later], you use a semicolon ( wink . Example: I'd had enough; I decided to make this thread.

Commas (,) are used to separate clauses in compound sentences (sentences which join clauses with a coordinating conjunction. Again, this will be discussed later. Example: I was hungry, so I ate.

Apostrophes (') are used in contractions and to show possession. To show possession, you add an apostrophe-s ('s) to the noun. With a noun ending in "s" [for instance, plural nouns], the apostrophe is added at the end. They are NOT used to pluralize a noun. This happens often with acronyms [abbreviations such as OMG]. Examples: I'll be back later. The cat's toy rolled. The cats' toys rolled.

Contractions are combinations of two words into one. Also, an apostrophe takes the place of the removed letters. Examples: Don't (do not), Won't (odd case... it is "will not" wink , 'Twas (it was), 'Til (another odd case, this just uses the apostrophe to replace the part that nobody says. "until" wink , Y'all (you all), It's (it is/was), You'll (you will).
It is common to add an apostrophe to the word "want" (i.e. "wan't" wink . DON'T. Want is a verb by itself, it's not a contraction!

How about promoting good ol' fashioned Ignore-the-Moron Techniques upon anyone who fails to write correctly? Typos are, of course, excluded.

That would be most helpful. Since I don't sense many people will be posting actively on here, it shouldn't be too hard to manage new lessons from different people.