Verbs

Verb forms may be classified as follows:

Base form: strat, think, draw, write, run, let.

Infinitive: to strat, to think, to draw, to write, to draw, to write, to run, to let.

Gerund: strating, thinking, drawing, writing, running, letting

Past participle: started, thougt, drawn, written, run, let

Simple past form: started, thought, drew, wrote, ran, let

Example:

The policie artist will draw the criminal’s face.

He set aside his salary to start his own business.

Strategies:

1.      Use the base form after modals such as will, can, or may.

2.      Use the infinitive form to show purpose.

3.      Use the infinitive form after adjectives.

4.      Use the gerund form after prepositions

5.      Use the past participle after the forms of be ( be, being, am, is, are, was, were, been) to express passive meaning, and after the forms of have (have, has, had) to express active meaning.

6.      The simple past form is used with particular time makers.