The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1981 Page: 2 of 28
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THE FT. HOOD SENTINEL Thursday April 9 1981
VERB USAGE
From the first lesson we learned
that a verb is a word in a sentence that
tells us what someone is doing or
what action is taking place in the pre-
sent the past and the future. The
time when they take place is known
as the tense.
There are four forms or principal
parts of the verb.
Present Tense—I start the car. The
action takes place now.
Present Participle I am starting
the car. The action takes place now
and is continuing.
Past Tense I started the car. The
action is finished.
Past Participle I have started the
car. The action has taken place.
Note that the past participle uses
what we call a helping verb have. We
use two other helping verbs with the
past participle: has and had. Because
the past tense and past participle of
the verb “start” in the above exam-
ple have the same ending ed we
call this verb the regular verb. There
area few exceptions to this rule.
Other regular verbs are walk talk
play etc. all ending with ed in the
past tense and past participle.
The past tense of fly is flew and the
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past participle is flown which must
have the helping verb have before it.
Because the endings are different we
call such verbs irregular verbs. Since
you can’t always trust your ears the
only way you can learn the different
tenses is by memorizing rules and
patterns and by familiarizing your-
self with those that present the most
difficulty.
Below are some of the most trou-
blesome of the irregular verbs. Fill in
the missing parts of the following
irregular verbs:
Present Past Past Participle
(have has or had)
1.
see
2.
went
3.
drank
4.
begin
5.
am
6.
did
7.
ran
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Dantes GED preparation continues with verb usage
The angry fan called “We was rob-
bed! The ump don’t know how to call
’em!” Our excitable friend should
have said. “We were robbed! The
ump doesn’t know how to call ’em!”
The subject “we” in the first sentence
is plural because it refers to more
than one person at least two or more
people. Therefore since “we” is plu-
ral the verb “were” must be used.
“Were” is the plural (two or more)
form of the verb. We were not we
was!
In the second sentence only one
ump (singular) is mentioned so the
verb must take the singular (one)
form. Don’t be confused by doesn’t
and don’t. They are contractions or
shortened forms for the words does
not (doesn’t) and do not (don’t).
Doesn’t takes the singular verb form
and don’t takes the plural verb form.
Example:
He doesn’t know what he is doing.
(Not: He don’t know hat he is
doing.)
Don’t they know what they are
doing? (Not: Doesn’t they know what
they are doing?)
The same holds true for wasn’t
(was not) and weren’t (were not).
Wasn’t and was are used when there
is one subject in the sentence and
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Department of the Army has confirmed three general officer changes
which are scheduled to take place at Fort Hood.
PENTAGON OFFICIALS announced that Assistant Division Com-
mander Brig. Gen. Adrew P. Chambers 1st Cav. Div. will be transferred
to Army Readiness and Mobilization Region VII at Fort Sam Houston.
He will serve there as deputy commanding general Fifth Army.
Brig. Gen. Richard G. Graves chief of staff at III Corps will take over
Chambers’ assistant division commander duties at a date yet to be
determined.
It was also disclosed that Maj. Gen. Louis C. Menetrey commander of
the Army Training and Doctrine Command’s Combined Arms Test
Activity (TCATA) will be moved to Washington. He will be deputy chief
of staff for operations and plans at the Pentagon.
Chambers assumed his 1st Cav. assignment Oct. 11980 coming from
Pacific Command at Camp H.M. Smith Hawaii. He has 26 years’ active
commissioned service. Chambers earned a bachelor of science degree in
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weren’t and were are used with two
or more subjects (plural subjects).
However were is always used after
you whether it is singular or plural.
Remember: A singular or plural
subject of a sentence (who or what is
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being talked about) decides whether
the verb is singular or plural.
COMPOUND SUBJECTS
We have another case where the
subject determines whether the verb
is in the singular or plural form. This
is when we have a compound sub-
ject. A compound su'bject means that
there are two or more subjects in the
sentence. They are connected by the
word and.
Example:
Mike and Dave are friends. (Mike
and Dave is the compound subject.)
Mike Dave and Danny were in the
dugout. (There are three subjects
which together form the compound
subject.)
USING “OR” AND “NOR”
When each part of the compound
subject is singular and is connected
by or or nor use the singular form of
the verb.
Example:
I don’t know if Jim or John is com-
ing to the party.
When each part of the compound
subject is plural and connected by or
or nor use the plural form of the verb.
Example:
Buses or trolleys are part of the
MARTA system.
Neither cars rior motorbikes are
permitted in the park.
SINGULAR SUBJECT WORDS
When the following words are the
subject of a sentence use the singu-
lar form of the verb: anybody any
physical education at Howard University and a master of science in
human relations from Shippensburg State College.
Commissioned a second lieutenant through the ROTC program in
Juen 1954 Chambers is on the current promotion list for advancement
to major general.
Graves came to Fort Hood in August 1979 as Chief of Staff 2nd Armd.
Div. In January 1980 he moved to his present III Corps postion. Graves
was commissioned in 1958 and is a United States Military Academy
graduate.
He earned a bachelor of science degree at West Point and his masters
in political science at Indiana University. He and his wife Beverly have
three children.
MENETREY HOLDS A a bachelor of arts in political science from the
University of California at Los Angeles and Berkeley. He earned an M.A.
in international relations at Georgetown University and began active
duty in 1954.
He and his wife Susan will depart for Washington in late April.
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one each everybody everyone no-
body.
CHECK YOURSELF
Circle the incorrect sentence in the
following sentences.
1. His hat and coat were on the
table.
2. Ed Frank and Bill are good
friends of mine.
3. The apples doesn’t look ripe
enough to eat.
4. The captain or the major gives
commands.
Circle the incorrect sentence in the
following sentences. There is one
error in each group of four sentences.
1. Everyone was present at the
wedding.
2. The movie don’t begin until 8
o’clock.
3. ra ie and Jo ere
sweethearts.
4. Greek and Turkish Cypriots
don’t get along with each other these
days.
1. Here come the Judge!
2. Cigarette smoking causes cancer
in many people.
3. Neither president nor citizen is
above the law.
4. Is everyone here?
1. One of these cartons contains the
books.
2. Mom and Dad go to the concert
every Friday night.
3. Either John or Jim are bringing
the food.
4. Everyone is allowed a second
chance.
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