Find the Odd word based on the verb forms

Target Audience: First Year Polytechnic English teachers and students in Tamilnadu.
Subject: Communication English-1, M scheme, I semester
Objective : To identify and understand different verb forms in English.
Question pattern in Exam: I.5. Find the Odd word based on the  verb forms. (3 marks) 

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Introduction to Verbs :

Just try to form any sentence in English without the use of verb.   Can you?  You can’t.  Because verb is the soul of a sentence and no sentence can function without at least one verb.  “Can you make the shortest sentence in English with one word?” that was the question in an interview. Of course,  the answer is simple and you can make thousands of such sentences: Come,  Go,  Turn, Wait… …

What do you do?  What do you have?  How are you? How do you feel?  A word that answers these four questions is called a verb.  Now check it with the answers : 1. I speak truth.  2. I have her photo with me.  3. I am beautiful. (why to say always fine!)  4. I can lift even this mountain.
Understanding the Verb Forms through a  Simple Table:

                                                      
Examination  Patterns (find the Odd word)
Model – 1
Three past tense verbs and one present tense verb or the vice  versa will be given .

Examples :
1.Became,  completed,  worked,  take. (Odd word : take)
2.Bring,  sleep,  wrote,  think (Odd word : wrote)

Model 2
Three regular verbs and one irregular verbs or the vice versa will be given. 

Examples :
1.Call,  buy,  open,  connect (Odd word : buy because it is irregular while the  other three are regular verbs)
2.Prepare,  send,  come,  leave (Odd word : prepare because it is regular while the  other three are irregular verbs) 

Model 3
Mixture of main verb and auxiliary verb will be given and you have to find the Odd word. 

Examples :
1.Decide,  are,  have,  can (Odd word : decide because it is a main verb while the  other three are auxiliary verbs)
2.Ring,  clear,  argue,  would (Odd word : would because it is an auxiliary verb while the  other three are main verbs) 

Model 4
Mixture of one kind of auxiliary and other kinds will be given and you have to find the Odd one. 

Examples :
1.Was,  are,  should,  is (Odd word : should because it is a modal auxiliary verb while the  other three are be form auxiliary verbs)
2.Will,  may,  must,  have (Odd word : have because it is a have form auxiliary verb while the  other three are modal auxiliary verbs)

Beware of the common mistakes done by many students! : Students try to find the Odd word by pronouncing each word,  perhaps, getting confused with the first grammar exercise in the question paper.  Remember that here odd word should be found based on verb forms only not based on pronunciation .

Exercises for you:
Find the Odd word based on the  verb forms.
1.Look,  learn,  lift,  left
2.Sang,  rang,  sing,  failed
3.Read,  advise,  kill,  bill
4.Run,  slip,  bring,  lay
5.Tear,  was, has,  must
6.Can,  could,  ought,  thought
7.Do,  did,  could,  does
8.Shall,  should,  may,  am
9.Repaired,  finished,  submitted,  left
10.Sit,  stand,  jump,  go