The categories of Person

The cat. Of person

The Present Tense

To be

1. It’s expressed in «to be» in Present Simple tenses + present cont. ( only in sing.form)

2. V(s) in Present Tense- marker of 3-rd person

Aspect

• This the form of the verb, which express the manner and which the action

1. The Continuous 2. Common

She seems to be reading now She seems read a lot of book

The Cat. Of Number

1. Expressed in all Present tenses

2. It’s expr. In Past Cont

The Cat. Of mood

It’s the form of the verb which shows in what relation to reality is the action expr. By the speaker

There are 2 sub.cat: Mood

1.direct moods 2.Indirect moods

They denote real facts They denote problematic or absolutely

unreal actions.

Direct moods

The subjunctive The conditional mood

I wish this day wasn’t so cold –Subjunctive

If I were you I wouldn’t do it – Conditional

Cat. Of Voice

It’s form of the verb which shows the relation between the subject and the action

Active voice Passive Voice

The verb shows the subject is the doer shows that the subject

Of the action (Испольнитель действия) is acted upon (Подвергается действию)

We won the competition The car is being washed