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                                          Chapter 2: Verbs

Objectives:

   1. Review and expand:
          a. Verb tenses
          b. Subjunctive mood
          c. Passive and active voice
          d. Subject-Verb agreement
Contents:

   1. Definition (Subject + Predicate –Word class/most important word in the predicate; tells what
       the subject is or does).
   2. Types: Action and Linking
   3. Exercise 1, p.53
   4. Verb Tenses: Verbs also tell the time (tense) of the action.
           a. Infinitive and Base Form
           b. Simple Tenses: Forms and Uses
                      i. Present
                     ii. Past
                    iii. Future
           c. Progressive Tenses
                      i. Present
                     ii. Past
                    iii. Future
   5. Exercise 2, p.56
           a. Perfect Tenses (Three Principal Parts of Verbs / Regular and Irregular Verbs, p.59)
                      i. Present
                     ii. Past
                    iii. Future
   6. Exercise 3, p. 60
   7. Exercise 4, p. 62
   8. Subjunctive Mood
   9. Exercise 5, p. 63
   10. Active and Passive
   11. Exercise 6, p. 64
   12. Exercise 7, p. 65
   13. Pre-GED Practice, p. 66
   14. Subject-Verb Agreement:
           a. Simple Subject, p. 67
                      i. Exercise 8, p. 68
           b. Compound Subjects, p. 69
                   i. Exercise 9, p. 230
15.   Interrupters, p. 70
          a. Prepositional Phrases
          b. Appositives
16.   Inverted Sentences, p. 71
          a. Sentences beginning with Here and There
17.   Exercise 10, p. 72
18.   Clauses, p. 72
19.   Exercise 11, p. 73
20.   Special Agreement Problems
          a. Singular subjects that seem plural, p. 74
          b. Subjects that are always plural, p. 75
          c. Subjects that can be singular or plural, p. 75
21.   Collective Nouns, p. 76
22.   Exercise 12, p. 76
23.   Pre-GED Practice
          a. Subject Verb Agreement, p. 77
          b. Chapter Review, pp. 78-79
24.   http://eslking.com (Language, Week 6)
          a. 1. Verbs: Overall information

          b. 2. Verbs: Notes and practice

          c. 3. Verb Tenses: Notes and practice

          d. 4. Irregular Verbs: List

          e. 5. Verbs: Practice

          f.   6. Verbs in Context: Practice in 3 readings

          g. 7. Active and Passive Voice: Notes and practice

          h. 8. Subjunctive Mood: Notes and practice

          i.   9. Subjunctive Mood: Practice