These slides are about different types of verbs and verb formation

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
https://www.slideshare.net/kakasoni