3. REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS
EXPLANATION EXAMPLE
Action verbs which end in Jog, jogged, jogged
“-ed” when the past tense Walk, walked, walked
and past participle forms are Cook, cooked, cooked
used
Action verbs which end in other Read, read, read
ways when the past tense and Buy, bought, bought
past participle forms are used Eat, ate, eaten
4. TRANSITIVE &
INTRANSITIVE VERBS
EXPLANATION EXAMPLE
Action verbs which required He plays football
an object in the sentence She prepared dinner
Action verbs which do not The young girl sang like a
require an object in the professional .
sentence He jogged along the track
6. Linking & ‘Be’ Verbs
EXPLANATION EXAMPLE
Verbs which join a subject Durian ice cream smells
to the rest of a sentence wonderful.
He looked tired after football
practice.
Can replace linking verbs, Durian ice cream is wonderful.
although its meaning may He was tired after football
change. :- am, is, are, was, practice.
were, has been, have been,
had been
7. AUXILIARY VERBS
EXPLAINATION EXAMPLE
Verbs that support and give You can go home now
meaning to the main verbs. You could go home now
You will go home now
Example :- can, could, will, would, You may go home now
shall, should, may, You should go home now
might, ought to, You ought to go home now
had better You had better go home now
8. FUNCTIONS OF AUXILIARY VERBS
Function Example
To express ability – can, could Puan Fazeera can cook tomyam very well.
My daughter could walk when she was eight
months old.
To express possibility - may, The price of cooking oil may increase next month.
might You might get a discount when you buy a movie
ticket if you show your matrix card
To express permission- may, Yes dear, you may have a biscuit after your dinner.
cam We can conduct the aerobic class at the
multipurpose hall.
To express advice- should, You look tired. You should sleep early.
ought to, had better You ought to keep to your fitness training schedule
To express necessity- must, If you suffer from hypertension, you must reduce
have to the amount of salt in your diet.
Don’t be a workaholic. You have to spend some
time with your family.
