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Classifications of English verbs - Coggle Diagram

- - - - include: do, have, be
      - change meaning when becoming a full verb
    - - include: used to, dare, need
    - - including: Can- Could, May-Might, Shall- Should, Will- Would, Must, Ought to
- - - - Require no Object
      - Have the pattern: SV
      - Make complete sense themselves
    - - Mono- transitive
        
        Require one direct Object (Od)
        
        Have the pattern: SVOd
      - Di- transitive
        
        Require both direct Object (Od) & indirect Object (Oi)
        
        Have the pattern: SVOiOd
      - Complex- transitive
        
        Require Object and Object Complement, (Co) or Obligatory Averbial (A(obli))
        
        Have the pattern: SVOCo or SVOA(obli)