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VERB (BASIC FORM OF THE VERBS (Base Form is the listed in the dictionary.
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VERB
BASIC FORM OF THE VERBS
- Base Form is the listed in the dictionary.
Example : Children play in the field.
- Infinitive form is the verb in its basic form but word to before it.
Example : Tell them not to play.
- Past Tense refers to event that have happened in the past and the basic way to form the past tense in English is to take the present tense of the word and add the suffix -ed but not every word can be use in such way.
Example : They played football yesterday.
Example : They went to the beach yesterday.
- Past Participle is a verb form that can be used to create verb tense or the create the passive voice. Usually ending with -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n.
Example : I have eaten a burger.
- Past Participle in a verb form can also be used as an adjective.
Example : A burnt child dreads fire.
- Present Participle is a form of verb that uses -ing with the base of the word. Most of the times, it perform the function of an adjective, though is also works as a verb or a subject in construction.
Example : I saw them playing with him today.
- Gerund is a noun made from a verb by adding -ing. Gerund can be used as the subject, the complement, or the subject of a sentence.
Example : Swimming is a good exercise.
TYPE OF VERBS
- Finite Verbs are the actual verbs which are called roots of sentences. It is a form of a verb that is performed by or refers to a subject and uses one of the twelve forms of tenses and changes according to the number or person of the subjects.
- Non-finite Verbs are not actual verbs. They do not work as verbs in the sentences rather they work as nouns, adjectives, adverbs, etc. Non-finite verbs do not change according to the number or person of the subject because these verbs, also called verbals, do not have any direct relation to the subject. Sometimes they become the subject themselves.
- Action Verbs indicate what the subject of a sentence performs. Action verbs can make the listener or reader feel emotions, see scenes more vividly and accurately.
Action verbs can be transitive or intransitive.
Transitive Verbs must have a direct object and demands something or someone to be acted upon.
Intransitive Verbs do not act upon anything and may be followed by an adjective, adverb, preposition, or another part of speech.
- Linking Verb adds details about the subject of a sentence. In its simplest form, it connects the subject and the complement - that is, the words that follow the linking verb. It creates a link between them instead of showing action.
Generally, linking verbs are called 'be' verbs which are - am, is, was, were. However, there are some other verbs which can work as linking verbs such as act, feel, remain, appear, become, seen, smell, sound, grow, look, prove, etc.
Some verbs in this list can also be action verbs. To figure out if they are linking verbs, you should try replacing them with forms of the be verbs. If the change sentence makes sense, that verb is a linking verb.
- Auxiliary Verbs are also called helping verbs. An auxiliary verbs extends the main verbs by helping to show time, tense, and possibility.
The auxiliary verbs are be verb, have and do.
They are used in the continuous (progressive) and perfect tenses.
Linking verbs work as main verbs in the sentence, but auxiliary verbs help main verbs.
Do is an auxiliary verb that is used to ask question, to express negation, to provide emphasis and more.
- Modal verbs is a kind of an auxiliary verb. It assist the main verb to indicate possibility, potentiality, ability, permission, expectation, and obligation.
The modal verbs are can, could, must, may, might, ought to, shall, should, will and would,
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DEFINITION
- Verb is a part of speech that tells about an action or a state. It is the main part of a sentence and every sentence has a verb.
- In English, verbs are the only kind of word that changes to show past or present tense.
- Every language in the world has verbs, nut they are not always used in the same way.