2. Verbs. What is a verb?
• A verb is a word which describes an action in a
sentence (the doing word)
Examples
I play football.
They skip quickly.
We eat spaghetti.
Bob is seven today.
3. Stative verbs/action verbs
• Action verbs describe actions we take or
things that happen
• Stative verbs describe states, they refer to the
way the things are (appearance, state of being
etc)
• Stative verbs are never used in continuous
forms
5. Verbs that show possession
• have, own, possess,
contain, include,
belong, etc
• She has a cat
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6. Verbs that show thought
• know, believe,
understand,
realise,
remember, forget,
notice, recognise,
think, seem,
expect etc
• She realises she has
won
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7. Verbs that show senses
• see, hear, smell,
taste, feel, sound,
look
• The butterfly looks
beautiful
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8. Some other verbs
• fit, need, matter,
cost, mean, owe,
require, weigh,
• Our body requires
vitamins
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9. States/actions
think
• Annie and Dixon
think bowling is fun
• They are thinking
how to tell their
parents that they
want to go out
with their friends
later
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10. States/actions
taste
• This chocolate rose
tastes fabulous
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• She is tasting
chocolate
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11. States/actions
see
• I see a doctor
• I see what’s wrong
with my patient
• I am seeing my
patient tomorrow
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12. States/actions
look
• This butterfly looks
beautiful
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• She is looking at the
butterfly
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13. States/actions
feel
• The baby’s hair feels
like silk
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• The doctor is feeling
the patient’s forehead
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14. States/actions
smell
• These roses smell
beautiful
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• She is smelling the
rose
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15. States/actions
have
• She has a cat
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• The cat is having a swim
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18. States/actions
appear
• He appears to be
irritated
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• Cameron Diaz is
appearing in “Green
Hornet” soonhttp://www.gala.de/asset/Image/artikel/talk/2007/kw19/cameron-diaz-400.jpg
19. States/actions
be
• Generally he is a
friendly person but
he is being really
angry today. What
has happened?
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20. Further,Further,
We also need to look atWe also need to look at
Transitive VerbsTransitive Verbs
Transitive VerbsTransitive Verbs
21. Transitive VerbsTransitive Verbs
• express an action directed toward a person, a place,
a thing, or an idea (a.k.a., nouns)
• The action passes from the doer (the subject) to the
receiver of the action.
• The words that receive the action of transitive verbs
direct objects always nouns
• Transitive verbs can only be action verbs. Linking
verbs are NEVER transitive.
22. Transitive Verbs: ExamplesTransitive Verbs: Examples
• Derrick greeted the visitors.
– Derrick greeted whom? The action (greeted)
passes from the subject (Derrick) to the object
(visitors).
• When will Felicia paint her room?
– Felicia will paint what? The action (will paint)
passes from the subject (Felicia) to the object
(room).
23. Intransitive VerbsIntransitive Verbs
• express action or tell something about the
subject without the action passing to a
receiver, or object
• Intransitive verbs may be either action or
linking verbs.
24. Intransitive Verbs: ExamplesIntransitive Verbs: Examples
• The train stopped.
– The train stopped what? There is nothing in the
sentence to say what the train stopped (i.e., there
is no object). There is no transfer of action.
• Last night we ate on the patio.
– We ate what? There is nothing in the sentence to
say what we ate (i.e., there is no object). We did
not eat some “on the patio.” This is a
prepositional phrase telling where we ate, not
what. There is no transfer of action.
25. Transitive or Intransitive?Transitive or Intransitive?
• The children play checkers.
–The children play WHAT? “Checkers” is a
noun telling what they play, so “play” is
transitive.
• The children play quietly.
–The children play WHAT? “Quietly” is not a
noun and it is not what they play (it is how
they play), so “play” is intransitive.
26. ExerciseExercise
Label the subjects and verbs in these sentences. Tell
whether the verbs are transitive or intransitive.
• Melanie ate a baked potato.
• Hector and Tom are reading.
• They painted the house.
• Did you carry his suitcase?
• My plant grows quickly.
