Verb - Definition, Meaning, Types, Forms, and examples... all in the one presentation

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2. ▪ A verb is a word or a combination
of words that indicates action or a
state of being or condition.
▪ A verb is the part of
a sentence that tells us what the
subject performs.Verbs are the
hearts of English sentences.
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3. ▪ Jacob walks in the morning. (A usual action)
▪ Mike is going to school. (A condition of action)
▪ Albert does not like to walk. (A negative action)
▪ Anna is a good girl. (A state of being)
Verbs are related to a lot of other factors like
the subject, person, number, tense, mood,
voice, etc.
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4. A verb is a word that expresses:
▪ A physical action (e.g., "to swim," "to write," "to
climb").
▪ A mental action (e.g., "to think," "to guess," "to
consider").
▪ A state of being (e.g., "to be," "to exist," "to
appear").
You might find it useful to think of verbs as "doing"
words.
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5. ▪ PHYSICAL
ACTIONS
▪ Run
▪ Jump
▪ Swim
▪ Breathe
▪ Speak
▪ Eat
▪ Move
▪ Kick
▪ Cheer
▪ Clap
▪ MENTAL
ACTIONS
▪ Think
▪ Wonder
▪ Dream
▪ Imagine
▪ Ponder
▪ Forget
▪ Remember
▪ Believe
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6. 1. Action verbs (which can be
transitive or intransitive),
2. Modal verbs (sometimes called
helping verbs), and
3. Auxiliary verbs (sometimes
called linking verbs).
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7. ▪ Active verbs are the simplest type of verb: they
simply express some sort of action:
e.g., contain, roars, runs, sleeps.
▪ Action verbs indicate what the subject of a
sentence performs.
▪ Action verbs can make the listener/reader feel
emotions, see scenes more vividly and
accurately.
▪ Action verbs can be transitive or intransitive.
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8. ▪ Transitive verbs must have a direct object. A
transitive verb demands something/someone to be
acted upon.
Example:
▪ I painted the car. (The verb ‘paint’ demands an
object to be painted)
▪ She is reading the newspaper. (The verb ‘read’ asks
the question “what is she reading?” – the answer is
the object)
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9. ▪ Intransitive verbs do not act upon anything.They
may be followed by an adjective, adverb,
preposition, or another part of speech.
Example:
▪ She smiled. (The verb ‘smile’ cannot have any
object since the action of ‘smiling’ does not fall
upon anything/anyone)
▪ I wake up at 6 AM. (No object is needed for this
verb)
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▪ To determine whether a verb is transitive or
intransitive, follow these two steps:
1. Find the verb in the sentence.
▪ EXAMPLE 1: Dustin will lay down his book.
What is the action? - will lay.
▪ EXAMPLE 2: His book will lie there all day.
What is the action? - will lie.

11. 1. Ask yourself,
▪ “What is receiving the action of the verb?”
▪ If there is a noun receiving the action of the
verb, then the verb is transitive.
▪ If there is no direct object to receive the
action, and if the verb does not make sense
with a direct object, then it is intransitive.
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12. ▪ EXAMPLE 1: Dustin will lay down his book.
 Dustin will lay down what? - his book.
 Since the verb can take a direct object, it is transitive.
▪ EXAMPLE 2: His book will lie there all day.
 His book will lie what/were? nothing.
It does not make sense to “lie something.”
 Since the verb has no direct object, it is intransitive.
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13. ▪ A modal verb is a kind of an Helping verb. It
assists 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, would.
▪ A modal verb helps the main verb to express
the mood of the subject.
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14. ▪ Helping verbs are used before action or linking
verbs to convey additional information regarding
aspects of possibility (can, could, etc.) or time (was,
did, has, etc.).The main verb with its accompanying
helping verb is called a verb phrase.
EXAMPLES:
1. Teju is (helping verb) going (main verb) to Florida.
2. The trip might (helping verb) be (main verb)
dangerous.
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15. ▪ The following words, called modals, always function as
helping verbs:
▪ can, may, must, shall, will, could, might, ought to,
should, would.
▪ EXAMPLES:
1. Tanya could learn to fly helicopters. (Could helps the
main verb, learn.)
2. Janine will drive to Idaho tomorrow. (Will helps the
main verb, drive.)
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16. ▪ Can, Could, May, Might, Must, Should,Will,
Would.
1. I may want to talk to you again.
2. They must play their best game to win.
3. She should call him.
4. I will go there.
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17. ▪ Auxiliary verbs are also called Linking verbs.
An auxiliary verb extends the main verb by
helping to show time, tense, and possibility.The
auxiliary verbs are – be verbs, have, and do.
▪ They are used in the continuous (progressive)
and perfect tenses.
▪ Linking verbs work as main verbs in the sentence.
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18. ▪ A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a
noun or adjective that renames or describes the subject.
This noun or adjective is called the subject complement.
▪ EXAMPLE:
1. Jason became a business major.The verb, became,
links the subject, Jason, to its complement, a business
major.
2. Lisa is in love with Jason.The verb, is, links the
subject, Lisa, to the subject complement, in love with
Jason (describing Lisa).
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19. ▪ The most common linking verb is the verb to be
in all of its forms (am, are, is, was, were, etc.).
▪ This verb may also be used as a Modal (helping)
verb.To become and to seem are always linking
verbs.
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20. ▪ Other verbs may be linking verbs in some cases
and action verbs in others:
▪ to appear, to feel, to look, to remain, to stay, to
taste, to continue, to grow, to prove, to sound,
to smell, to turn,
▪ LINKING: Libby appeared happy. (Appeared
links Libby to the subject complement, happy.)
▪ ACTION: Deon suddenly appeared. (Here,
appeared is an intransitive action verb.)
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21. ▪ In addition, the following forms of the verbs to be,
to do, and to have sometimes serve as helping
verbs. (Note: In other cases, they may serve as
action or linking verbs.)
▪ Am, be, being, do, had, have, was, are, been, did,
does, has, is, were,
▪ HELPING: Jana is moving to a new house.
▪ LINKING: Jana is ready to go.
▪ HELPING: Dustin did eat his vegetables!
▪ ACTION: Dustin did his homework last night.
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23. ▪ English verbs come in several forms. For example, the
verb sing can be: sing, sang, sung, singing or sings.
▪ This is a total of 5 forms.
▪ English tenses may be quite complicated, but the forms
that we use to make the tenses are actually very simple!
▪ With the exception of the verb be, Be has 8 forms.
▪ English main verbs have only 3, 4 or 5 forms.
▪ Helping verbs have even fewer forms as most of them
never change.
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24. ▪ Main verbs (except the verb "be") have
3, 4 or 5 forms.
▪ The verb "be" has 8 forms.
▪ We use these forms to make all the
tenses and other verb structures, in all
moods, aspects and voices.
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