This document provides information about verbs in 3 sentences or less: Verbs describe actions, states of being, and possession. Verbs can be transitive or intransitive, and some verbs can be both. Transitive verbs require an object, while intransitive verbs do not. There are also linking verbs like forms of "to be" that link the subject to additional information.

1. A L L Y O U
N E E D T O
K N O W
A B O U T
V E R B S
L E R A T O N O S I P H O
N D W A N D W E

2. M E A N I N G O F V E R B
A verb is a doing
word.
It describes
actions
It shows
possession
It denotes being
also(The verbs to
be are – is, am
,are, was, were)

3. Transitive Verb
• Transitive Verb- A verb that requires an
object to complete its meaning, is called
a Transitive Verb.
• Examples
• My mother washes clothes.
• Alice made a doll.
Intransitive Verb
• Intransitive Verb- A verb that doesn't
require an object to complete its
meaning.
• Examples
• The baby slept.
• The girl smiled.
K I N D S O F V E R B S

4. T R A N S I T I V E V E R B A N D
I N T R A N S I T I V E V E R B
Transitive Verbs
are action verbs
that have an
object to
receive that
action.
I bake some
cookies
I ride the
bicycle
I move the chair
• Intransitive Verbs are action verbs but
unlike Transitive Verbs they do not have
an object receiving the action
• I laugh
• I cry
• The book falls

5. D O U B L E O B J E C T
Direct and Indirect Object.
Some Transitive Verbs take two objects.
A Direct Object is usually the name of something
An Indirect Object is usually the name of some
person.

6. E X A M P L E S
• Roshan gave his friend a video game.
• She gave a rupee to him
• Danish told us a funny story

7. Transitive
• The boy fly kites
• He runs a hotel
• Mr Sharma opens the shop at eight
• He writes novels
• The driver stopped the train
• The noise stole food
Intransitive
• Birds fly in the air
• He runs fast
• School opens at nine o'clock
• He writes legibly
• We stopped there a little
• She stole carefully
S O M E V E R B S W H I C H C A N B E U S E D
T R A N S I T I V E LY A N D I N T R A N S I T I V E LY

8. V E R B T O B E
• Verb to be ( is, am ,are, was, were ,will,
be, shall be, appear, seem and look)

9. V E R B S O F
I N C O M P L E T E
P R E D I C T I O N
T H E Y N E E D O T H E R W O R D S O R A P H R A S E T O
C O M P L E T E T H E I R M E A N I N G . I T I S C A L L E D
C O M P L E M E M T .

10. A
C O M P L E M E N T
C O M P L E T E S
T H E
P R E D I C AT E

11. E X A M P L E S
The dog is (what?) an animal. ( C)

12. E X A M P L E S C O N T.
The man
seems (what?)
tired. ©
He became
(what?) a
hero. ©

13. M A I N P A R T S
O F V E R B
1. The Present Tense
2. The Past Tense
3. The Future Tense.

14. E X A M P L E S

15. P R E S E N T
• Emma asks questions all the time.

16. PA S T
Emma asked questions all the time.

17. F U T U R E
• Emma will ask questions all the time.

18. From nouns
Bath – Bathe
Breath – Breathe
Food – Feed
Action – Act
Belief – Believe
Death - Die
From adjectives
 Able – Enable
 Deep – Deepen
 New – Renew
 Active – Act
 Cheerful – Cheer
 Hopeful - Hope
F O R M AT I O N O F V E R B S

19. V E R B S
S O M E P R E F I X E S A N D
S U F F I X E S C A N A R R A N G E
W O R D S I N T O V E R B S

20. P R E F I X E S
1. Able - Enable • 2. Courage – Encourage

21. P R E F I X E S C O N T.
3. JOY – ENJOY 4. DANGER –
ENDANGER

22. P R E F I X E S
5. List – enlist
6. Light – enlighten
7. Little – be little
Friend – be friend

23. S U F F I X E S
Broad – broaden
Wide – widen
Fright – frighten

24. S U F F I X E S
C O N T.
Bright – Brighten
Realise – realise
Critic – criticise
Just - justify

25. : : :
• Pure – purify
• Test - Testify
Clear - clarify

26. T Y P E S O F V E R B S
 Action Verbs
 Linking Verbs
 Helping Verbs

27. A C T I O N V E R B S
• An action verb tells what people or things can do.
• These are some action verbs
• - Play
• Write
• Scream
• Dance
• Pick

28. A C T I O N V E R B S C O N T.
• Ran
• Coughed
• Swallowed
• Ride
• Awake

29. L I N K I N G V E R B S
• Am
• Is
• Was
• Were
• Seem

30. V E R B P H R A S E S
• A phrase is a group of words
• A verb phrase is a verb that has more than one verb in it.

31. L E X I C A L A N D A U X I L L A R Y V E R B S
• Lexical verbs are main verbs that show action or state.
• Auxillary verbs are helping verbs they can show additional information such as tense.
• I rang my friend.: Lexical verb
• I was ringing my friend
• He is cooking

32. M A I N V E R B
• Every complete sentence must have a subject and a main verb.

33. Subject
• The topic of the sentence Who or What
the sentence is about.
• The subject is a noun or pronoun
Main Verb
• The verb in the sentence that shows
what the subject does, or shows what
state the subject is in. Example "Emily
us sad".
E X A M P L E S

34. R E F E R E N C E S
OHasija, S . ( 2014) All About Verbs. Available at https://www.slideshare.net/swatihasija All
about verbs( Accesssed 17 September 2021).
Soni, P. (2008)Action Verbs A project LA Activity.Available at
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