DEFINITION
- Verbs are a class of words used to show the performance of an action (do, throw,run), existence (be), possession (have), or state (know, love) of a subject. To put it simply, a verb shows what something or someone does.
- Most statements in speech and writing have a main verb. These verbs are expressed in tenses which place everything in a point in time.
- Verb is often defined as a word which shows action or state of being.
- Every sentence must have a verb.
For example :
* Subject *Verb *Object
i- My friends are plucking the apples
ii- She is sweeping the floor
iii- He kicks the ball
* Verb is one most the most important part of the sentence.
* States something about the subject of the sentence and express action, events, or states of being.
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MAJOR TYPES OF VERBS
* Lexical verbs :
: Function only as a verb ( eat, think, drink )
: Sometimes called as 'full verbs'
: Most lexical verbs have regular endings for forming present or past tense ( call, calls, called )
* Primary verbs
: Function both as auxiliary verbs and main verbs ( be, have, do )
: They form separate class because they can be used either as main verb or as an auxiliary verb
: He does my washing
* Modal verbs
: Function only as auxiliary verbs ( can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must )
: Also functions as helping verb that can modify the grammatical mood of a verb.
: Do not have participle or infinitives
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VERBS AS...
* Mental Activity
: Believe, forgets, notice, recognize, remember
* Describe emotional states
: Desire, love, want, prefer, hates
* Perception
: See, hear, feel, smell, taste
* Other
: Belong, cost, fit, include, need, own, matter
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FORMS OF THE PRESENT SIMPLE :
} I
am/have/do/say
} We/you/they
are/have do say
} He/she/it
is has/does/says
} What do you mean?
} What does she mean?
} I don’t like sweets.
} She likes sweets.
} We have pets.
} Siti has a pet.
} Ann doesn’t have any pet.
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