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A verb is a word or a phrase that is used with a subject to indicate what the subject does or what happens to it or to give information about it. Verbs have tenses, that is in relation to the time an action happens. Problems related to verbs include form, agreement and tense.
Consider the following examples:
1. The man speaking in public.
This sentence is wrong. 'Speaking' is not a correct verb form. It should be 'speaks' or other possible forms (has spoken, will speak, etc.)
2. The man speak in public.
This sentence is wrong. 'Speak' is incorrect because it does not agree with the third person singular (the subject).
3. The man speaks yesterday.
The sentence is wrong. 'Speaks' refers to the present, while the adverb 'yesterday' refers to the past. To resolve the conflict, we either change the verb into 'spoke' or the adverb into one that is suitable for the present tense.
In the subsequent activities, you will have to produce a correct translation of each sentence provided for you and indicate the type of mistake in each wrong rendering. Those mistakes can be:
Agreement
Tense
Form
Consider the following examples:
1. The man speaking in public.
This sentence is wrong. 'Speaking' is not a correct verb form. It should be 'speaks' or other possible forms (has spoken, will speak, etc.)
2. The man speak in public.
This sentence is wrong. 'Speak' is incorrect because it does not agree with the third person singular (the subject).
3. The man speaks yesterday.
The sentence is wrong. 'Speaks' refers to the present, while the adverb 'yesterday' refers to the past. To resolve the conflict, we either change the verb into 'spoke' or the adverb into one that is suitable for the present tense.
In the subsequent activities, you will have to produce a correct translation of each sentence provided for you and indicate the type of mistake in each wrong rendering. Those mistakes can be:
Agreement
Tense
Form