英语动词分谓语动词（含系动词）和非谓语动词（分词、不定式及动名词）两类。动词既以谓语的功能出现，它就具有了形式上的多种变化；时态。语态及主谓数的统一等等。有关谓语动词的命题焦点主要集中在（1）区分谓语动词非谓语动词、（2）谓语动词的正确词形，（3）被动语态的正确词形、（4）谓语动词的正确时态、（5）谓语动词与主语数的一致。
谓语动词常考题型及解题要点 1.区分谓语动词及非谓语动词形式来源：考试大 [例1] The“ ashcan” school in American art being a rebellion against traditional subjects and favored the painting of back-street scenes. 992.1)
[答案] B 分词being改为谓语动词的一般过去时was。
[例2] Stalagmites are produced when water to drop directly to the floor of a cave. (92.5)
[答案] C不定词to drop 改为谓语动词单数第三人称形式drops.
2. 不规则动词变化形式来源：考试大 解题要点 不规则动词很多，但TOEEL试题涉及到的却是极小量的一些，下面是较常见的一些不规则变化的动词：
begin - began - begun break - broke - broken
bind - broke - broken blow - bound - bound
build- blew - blown build - built - built
来源：考试大 choose - chose - chosen deal - dealt - dealt
find - found - found grow - grew- grown
hold- hold - held know - knew- known
leave - left - left sell - sold - sold
来源：考试大 stand - stood - stood steal - struck - stole
win - won - won white- wrote written
全真例题分析
来源：考试大 (1) Soil science begun with the formulation of the theory of humus in 1809. (89.10)
[答案] A 过去分词begun改过一般过去时形式began。
(2) The tradition of an all-male Supreme Court was broke in the 1980*s when Sandra Day O*Connor was appointed to the Supreme Court. (88.10)
来源：考试大 [答案] B break 的过去分词是booken。
(3) A citadel, a fortress designed for the defense of a city, usually standed on top of a hill. (89.1)
来源：考试大 [答案] D standed是错误形式，应改为stood。
3. 谓语动词的被动语态 解题要点 动词的被动语态是TOEEL常见的题型。它通常需要根据句意来判断。介词by是一个明显的提示。
全真例题分析
(1) People have always fascinated by the parrot*s colovfal feathers and its ability to mimic human speck (94.5)
[答案] A 关键词by表示动词应用被动形式，即always been fascinated。
(2) Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin has called the first truly successful North American opera.(93.10)
[答案] B 根据句意，此句应用被动语态，即has been called.
(3) Tariffs are the taxes or customs duties levied against goods that are import from anothey country (93.10)
来源：考试大 [答案] C 正确的被动语态应用过去分词，即imported。
(4) Almost destroy by fire in 1814. The White House was rebuilt and enlarged over the next three years. (92.1)
[答案] A 关键词by表明前面的动词应用被动的形式，即Almost destroyed。
(5) The unit of measurement known as a *foot* has originally based on the average size of the human foot (90.8)
[答案] B 根据句意，谓语动词应用被动的形式，因而has 应改为was，而且“be based on’是固定的动词短语。
