Verbstar

[Music] baseliner Cassandra request per Land We Carry passengers for the schedule welcome everyone welcome to verb star at each of verb star's five stations we celebrate the fact that English is now spoken and written throughout the Galaxy the verb is our theme that most interesting of words but even as we celebrate the verb with this wonderful verb star let us also credit other words we use for communication to make a sentence that tells a complete thought we need not only a verb but also a noun but though we need and value the noun this time our star our word of the hour is the verb now to reveal all the Intriguing intricacies of the verb we bring you the fascinating world of verb star [Music] this is verb star station one here you will receive your first glimpse into the mysteries of the verb the fascinating aggravating verb and why are verbs so special verbs change some words stay the same not verbs verbs change do you like to play play is a wonderful verb there it is play but play won't stay just play you'll see plays you'll see playing and played you see it changes its endings and a verb can change in other ways once in a while for a special meaning a verb insists on some helpers you may see will play has played had played or has been playing you think play is mean and confusing not at all play is a regular verb you can count on all regular verbs to change in the same way but there are a few verbs that are really toughies B there's a wild one the worst of the lot just look at what B does out of nowhere it just freaks out with forms we never could expect b m r is was were has been these are all forms of be nothing regular about verbs like these irregular very irregular but fascinating aggravating what can you do with verbs like these I'd surprise them memorize them verbs change okay they know that now as we move on they'll find out how away with you to Station 2 [Applause] [Music] another mystery a Watson quite right hmes the mystery of the S form verbs I've heard of that case the verbs change a and no one knows exactly why uh who does it that's it Watson that's it it's who does it I don't follow you it's Elementary my dear Watson a verb describes what happens an action and from time to time the verb mysteriously changes but the mystery is solved the verb changes according to who did the action the verb describes you may have something there of course we can have the audience help us prove it too first we list our suspects who can do the ACT I can right you only you aha John can Mary can he can she can it can yes yes yes we can you can all of you they can yes indeed each one of these is a very likely subject well said we have identified all of those who might do the action the verb names with which of these subjects do we find the S form perhaps if we test each subject with a verb a a verb like tell we shall be able to solve the mystery of the S form you're close to a solution SS not a clue with we not with a plural you not they no we are drawing near aha it here with he with she and it we see the change revealed here it is we find the S bravo bravo here at verb star Station 2 we have brought you to the famous mystery of the S form verbs a case in which the famous detective Holmes demonstrated that regular verbs take the S form when the subject is he she or it or any single person or thing we hope you enjoyed sharing the solution of the S form mystery we'll move ahead now to verb star station [Music] three what do you do I turn it turns you're right you use the S look it hasn't St stoft we need a form that means it turns it turns it turns it turns since verbs can change their endings how about turn with in turning it turning it turning that sounds terrible turning is pretty good maybe it just needs a helper I know some words that would make perfect helpers I am turning you you are turning it is turning well it was turning you see we needed a helper for ING ladies and gentlemen from this modest beginning helping verbs came to have an important job working together with a main verb together they are complete verbs with exact meaning tonight here at Station 3 on bbstar we want you to meet these important helpers oh yes some of them feel they should be called auxiliary verbs but others are perfectly happy to be called helping verbs because really they help the main verb Now ladies and gentlemen our important helpers seen at work as part of a complete [Music] verb am turning is turning are turning was turning were turning you won't remember all their names this time of course but they will be very pleased if you recognize them when you see them has turned have turned had turned have been turning has been turning will have been turning will turn can turn must turn might turn would turn should turn thank you thank you thank you ladies and gentlemen as we continue on to station five remember that where you have action you will have verbs and helping verbs and here on verb star you had a chance to meet [Music] them verbs change that is becoming plain to see what do I do I talk and you you talk John talks he talks Mary talks she talks even it talks small changed the S form a different ending to agree with the particular subject another different ending a change to I am talking gives a little different meaning to what is happening now suppose I want to tell you about something that has always already happened another little ending change e d and a verb gives a look at the past clever these verbs just add e d and you speak of the past now how about the other way suppose we want to plan ahead not a change but a Helper and we can talk about the future verbs change I used to think it was a bother but verb changes let me talk in whichever Direction I want I found another way to use helpers they help you talk now about something that has already happened now youve look both ways it's the end of the show look ahead again it's time to go to birar station [Music] 5 ladies and gentlemen welcome to bbstar station 5 with us tonight is Dr Ernest verbos verbist who will discuss current problems in verbal Communications welcome Dr verbose thank you I'm glad to be here Dr verbose throughout the Galaxy we have had continuing reports of trouble with certain verbs yes yes these Troublesome verbs simply refuse to conform to normal standards of verb Behavior doctor are these simply bad ad verbs how are we to deal with them I have given this matter much thought I will say this there is no such thing as a bad verb but doctor with a regular verb we know how it will change the S form e d for the past the i n g and they use the helpers but don't we have a right to expect that all verbs should make the same changes all of us would like that learning English would be easier but many of these words had very unusual childhoods they just grew the way they are and they are stuck that way irregular oh for example most irregular is bee just look at this all these are forms of bee now that is very irregular that's almost freaky those May be freaky forms but remember there is no such thing as a bad verb these verbs are irregular but they work they do the job be here is a very hard working verb that is true they do work but now let's have a look at this machine you have invented to help deal with the irregular verb situation how does it work very very simply you give the machine a word that you suspect has irregular forms I give it now the word gold automatically this wonderful machine shows you the freaky forms excuse me The Irregular forms of the verb ooh amazing notice that here we have a slightly irregular form an e must be added before the regular s Sue went a totally irregular form and Ray had gone gone is another irregular form of gold in this small screen the machine gives right way wrong way information you can see went is never used with a helper it's not Ray had went its Ray had gone another irregular form of gold oh that's wonderful would anyone in the audience like to check a verb with the doctor's machine yes sir in the last row two very well and of course it is irregular we have the E added to the S form did for the simple past and with the helping verb it's had [Music] done the screen shows you must have the helper never he done it but he has done it if you don't want to use a helper just say he did it how about C I think that's a good Prospect yes indeed here in the past we have Sue saw and with the helper the form is seen in the right wrong screen we see that Cen has to have a helper she has seen without the helper say she saw uh we're running a bit short of time doctor perhaps just one more have good The Irregular forms of have are has and had and down here with the helper we have an unusual thing this verb is helping itself we are really getting quite short of time doctor just one more thing I want to point out for example the verb give two irregular forms gave and given the simple past and the form using the helper these are the two places where most irregular verbs are irregular and just look eat he ate and has eaten right irregular with wrote and had written take irregular took and has taken just remember be careful of the past and be careful with the helper and before I go two verbs with unusual irregularities the verb come the simple past is came but here's the big surprise with the helper you use the basic form of the verb John has come now look at run the simple past is ran but like come it is used with a helper in its basic form run John has run as the screen shows not has ran or had ran but run and now as I seem to have used up my time I too must [Applause] [Music] run verbs change yes sir they're Shifty a verb is inclined to change at times to fit the subject or suit the time a regular verb will change its end to s e d or in it will work with a helper or even two to name the action you want it to that is a regular verb irregular verbs are the other kind they Amaze the eyes and Boggle the mind but they do their work they change in ways you don't expect they change strange fascinating aggravating they have no rule to learn about so if they get you down and out just surprise them memorize them the verb star show will stand by for recycling if design a [Music] oh [Music]