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This document defines verbs and discusses their types and tenses. Verbs express actions, states of being, or occurrences and can be transitive, taking direct objects, intransitive, not taking direct objects, or linking verbs describing the subject. Verb tenses indicate when the action occurred through changes to the verb and include examples showing how verbs change form based on whether they are in the past, present, or future tense.
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- 2. What’s a Verb? • The part of speech that expresses existence, action, state, or occurence. – There is a rusted hinge in that door. – The girl is jumping rope. – Puppies need a lot of care and attention. – Her last birthday fell on Monday.
- 3. Types of Verbs • Transitive Verbs: take a direct object – They have moved the couch to the right. • Intransitive Verbs: don’t take a direct object – She jogs at the park every morning. • Linking Verbs: describe the subject – Paul will become the new HR manager.
- 4. Verb Tenses • A basic sentence in English has the following structure: – Subject + Verb + (Object) + (Complement) • The verb tense is the way the verb changes to describe the time when the action took place.
- 5. Verb Tenses Examples • She works at HP. • She is working in a big acquisition project. • She worked at Intel two years ago. • She has worked in three big companies. • She will travel to Brazil on business next month. • She had started working at Amazon by 2001. • As you can see in those examples the verb changes according to its tense.