Cambrian School & College

1. Welcome

2. Class : Seven
Subject: English 2nd Paper
Conducted by
Suman Bhowmik
Assistant Teacher
English Department
Cambrian School &
College,Dhaka

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4. Verb: The word that expresses the action or state of a
subject is called Verb. For example:
I go to school.
He plays cricket.
They are drinking tea.
There are mainly two kinds of verb.
◊ Finite Verb
◊ Non-finite Verb
Today’s Topic
Kinds of verbs

5. Nasima sings a song.
Finite Verb: The verb that completes the sense of a
sentence and whose shape is formed according to subject
and number of that sentence is called finite verb.

6. The man likes to sing a song.
Non-Finite Verb: The verb through which the sense of
a sentence is not complete and whose shape is not
formed according to subject and number of that
sentence is called non- finite verb. Example:

7. Finite Verb
Principal Verb Auxiliary Verb

8. Principal Verb: The verb that independently
expresses the full meaning of a sentence without
taking help of other verbs is called principal verb.
He plays cricket.
For Example

9. She makes tea

10. They are eating rice. They are playing football.
Auxiliary Verb: The verb that helps a principal verb to
complete the meaning of a sentence is called auxiliary verb.
For example:

11. Auxiliary Verbs:
Be= am, is, are, was, were, being, been
Have= have, has, had, having
Do= do, does, did,
Modals= shall, should, will, would, may, might, can,
could, must, ought (to), need, dare, used (to)
‘to do’ ‘to be’ and ‘to have’ verbs are used both as
auxiliary and principal verbs. If there is only ‘to do’
‘to be’ and ‘to have’ verbs in any sentence, they are
used as principal verbs. For example:
He does the work. (does= Principal Verb)
He does not do the work. ( does = auxiliary verb)
He is a student./ He is reading a book.

12. Principal Verb
Transitive Verb Intransitive Verb
Transitive Verb: The verb that needs an object is called
transitive verb. For example: The boy drinks.----------?
The man eats.------------? To express the full meaning
of the above verbs objects are needed. The full
sentences are given bellow.

13. They eat riceThe boy drinks water

14. Intransitive Verb: The verb that doesn’t take
any object is called intransitive verb.
The bird The ship

15. The baby cries. The baby sleeps.

16. The sun rises in the east The sun sets in the west

17. The boys fly kites
The man is dipping
the food into sauce

18. Copulative Verb: When any intransitive verb can not
complete the meaning of a sentence without extra word,
it is called copulative verb.
Example :
The flowers are beautiful.

19. Name, think, call,
appoint, make, select,
elect, nominate e.tc are
used as Factitive Verbs.
Factitive Verb: When any Transitive Verb can not
complete the meaning of a sentence without the help of
extra object, it is called factitive verb.
Example is given bellow:
We elected him captain

20. Laugh at, look after, over took
c.t.c are Group Verbs.
Group Verb: When a preposition is used after a
intransitive Verb and its meaning is changed, it is called
Group Verb.
Example is given bellow:
Don’t run after money.

21. He hurt himself
Reflexive Verb: When the subject and object of a
Transitive Verb are the same, it is called reflexive verb.

22. Reciprocal Verb: The Transitive verb that
reciprocates between subject and object of
a sentence is called Reciprocal Verb.
They help one another. They quarrel with
one another.

23. It rains.
Impersonal Verb: When impersonal ‘It’ works as a
subject of any verb, it uses impersonal verb.
In the sentences below rains and dews are
impersonal verbs.

24. He ran a race.
Cognate Verb: When any
Intransitive Verb accepts its
object as Noun from its root, it
is called Cognate Verb.

25. Group work
A group
Will write down the
kinds & ten examples
of finite verb
B group
Will write down the kinds &
ten examples of principal verb

26. a. What three examples Principal verb?
b. Give five examples of auxiliary verbs.
c. What two examples of transitive verb?
d. What two examples of intransitive verb?
e. Give two examples of intransitive verbs.
Evaluation

27. Writing ten sentences with
principal, auxiliary, transitive
and intransitive verbs.
Home Work on

28. Do at least one good work
everyday for your country .

29. Thank
You