Verbs: Fun With Grammar

Pattern Puzzle -- Suggested Arrangements of Verbs

One arrangement is:

Past	Present	Future
We were waiting	We are waiting	We will be waiting
We waited	We wait	We will wait
We had waited	We have waited	We will have waited

(All the ing forms are on the top line, all the -ed forms in verb strings are on the bottom, and the others are in the middle. Columns left to right show past, present, and future tenses.)

Another arrangement is:

One-word verb	Two-word verbs	Three-word verbs
We wait	We will wait	We will be waiting
We waited	We are waiting	We will have waited
	We were waiting
	We had waited

(One-word verbs are in the first column, two-word verbs are in the second, and three-word verbs are in the third.)

CONTENTS MAIN PAGE 2.1 Your Writing 2.2 Doing and Being Verbs 2.3 Single-Word Verbs and Verb Strings 2.4 Split Verbs 2.5 Time (Tense) 2.6 A Verb's Four Forms 2.7 Irregular Verbs 2.8 Non-Verb Forms 2.9 Combining Sentences 2.10 Review & Practice 2.11 Fun With Grammar 12.12 Return to Your Writing 12.13 Mastery Test on Verbs