verb tense
collocation in Englishmeaningsofverbandtense
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verb
noun[C]
uk/vɜːb/us/vɝːb/
a word or phrase that describes an action, condition, ...
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tense
adjective
uk/tens/us/tens/
nervous and worried and unable ...
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(Definition ofverbandtensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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English, conversely, possesses a more extensiveverbtensesystem.
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Only one of the three subordinate-clause pieces (the one containing the correctverbtense) fit perfectly.
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Here we focus on theverbtensesystem, considered the main aspect of verb grammar.
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In contrast, non-predicative nouns can generally refer either to the time of theverbtense, or to the speech time.
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This arrangement captures the fact that predicative nouns always refer to the time of theverbtense (ev in (103), the event time that has to fall within 1991).
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On elicitation tasks, both groups showed deficits in the production of grammatical markers ofverbtense, providing further indication of similarities in difficulties with the grammatical marker.
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Grammatical errors included the following: inappropriateverbtense, incorrect use of plurals, incorrect choice of prepositions, and incorrect pronoun assignment.
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Classroom transcripts were analysed to assess the discourse structure of literature lessons, teacher questions,verbtenseand student uptake.
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Selecting these two structures enabled us to concentrate on the subordinate clauses, because the second clause in both cases contains the sameverbtense.
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Furthermore, while children used diminutive morphology with close to no errors, they did seem to make occasional mistakes with other aspects of grammatical morphology, such asverbtense.
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Special particle words function in lieu of prefixes and suffixes to markverbtense.
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The passive voice for anyverbtenseis formed by appending "-s" to the tense.
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Analysis of test results show linguistic development in use of verb tenses and expressive language.
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In most dialects, eachverbtensehas potentially six forms, varying for first, second, or third person and for singular or plural number.
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Each morpheme here contributes to the meaning of theverbtenseor the person who has performed the verb.
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Demonstrates almost no control of basic grammar structures and verb tenses.
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Because these suffixes vary greatly with the particularverbtense/aspect/mood, they are normally not considered to be pronouns and are discussed elsewhere in this article under verb conjugation.
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Three categories of analysis were applied to this period : distribution of verb tenses, use of person morphology, and marking of number and gender morphology.
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