E32: Teacher Certification Podcast | FTCE | General Knowledge | English | Standard Verb Forms In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the FTCE General Knowledge English Language Skills Subtest.  We are going to focus on standard verb forms and how to correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense. Inappropriate shifts! Is it getting past tense in here or is it just the verbs? Hahaha  I know, I know, I had to! Now let’s get started. Concept #1 Standard Verb Forms and Concept #2 Correcting inappropriate shifts in verb tense Today we are talking verb, but more technically about being able to identify when an infinitive, past tense or past participle verb is being used incorrectly in a sentence.  We are all familiar with verbs because they are words that describe the action of the sentence and they are part of the predicate of a sentence. But, then verbs can get a little bit complicated because well, life is complicated. Oh wow, that was deep. yeah. Okay, crash course on infinitive, past tense, and irregular verbs!  Simply put, infinitive verbs are the base form of a verb plus the word to. T-o- to. As in to dance, or to sing, and to celebrate!  Next, we can make most infinitive verbs past tense by adding the suffix e-d.  As in this example: Last weekend (past tense because it already happened) we danced, we singed, we celebrated!  What? We singed? That doesn’t sound right? You are right, it doesn’t sound right! That’s because sing is an example of an irregular verb. What are irregular verbs? I’m glad you asked!  Irregular verbs just can’t get with the standard “e-d” ending when shifting to past tense. Instead, irregular verbs change into different words completely and we have low-key mastered the memorization of hundreds of these irregular verb words throughout our lifetime.  Being able to identify Standard Verb Forms and make corrections to inappropriate shifts in verb tense will help you on the English portion of the General Knowledge test. In fact, being able to use verb tenses correctly will help you with your academic writing or like when you are grading papers. How cool is that!  For more practice with English Language Skills visit FTCE seminar.com and download one of our Podcast Study Guides. The important thing is to start studying and start studying today so you pass the Teacher Certification Exam. Check out this ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠free resource⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for an English Language Skills study guide or visit the FTCE Seminar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information and resources. Support FTCE Seminar! Contributions are appreciated and help support the maintenance of this resource. Donations can be made with the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listener Supporter Link ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Spotify. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ftceseminar/support