We talk a lot in this lesson about V1, V2, and V3. What in theworld are V1, V2, and V3?

Does this look familiar? eat ate eaten fall fell fallen fly flew flown

This is a table of irregular verbs that we know as V1

in the first column (“eat", present simple)

V2 is the second column (“ate”, past simple form),

V3 is the third column (“eaten”, past participle)

Lots of people forget that a verb that ends in “d” or “ed” doesn’t have to be a verb in the simple past.

Maybe it’s a regular verb in V3 .For example:

love loved loved

hate hated hated

worry worried worried

5 Verb Formulas

be + ing (progressive) --He was crying. be + V3 (passive) --He was beaten. Four men were killed. have + V3 (perfect) --I have already eaten. do + V1 (simple) -- Do you love me? I don’t hate you. modal + V1 (modal) --I can wait.

Beis, am, are was, were

1 .be + V ing (progressive)

The bus is coming.

We were waiting.

Beis, am, are was, were

2 .be + V3 (passive)

Our mother was invited. Many promises were broken.

Havehas, have had

have + V3 (perfect)

You have broken your promise.Our friendship has survived.

Dodo, does did

do, does + V1 (simple)

I don’t enjoy homework.

Do you like school?

She doesn’t like cooking.

Did

Did + V2 ( past) I didn’t finish the homework. Did you go to the market?

Modalsshall, will, should, would, may ,

might, must, can, could, ought

modal + V1 (simple)

Mary can speak four languages.We must finish.Would you like some coffee?