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What is Verb?
Definition:
A Verb, from the Latin word ‘Verbum’
meaning ‘word’, is part of speech that
conveys an action(read,walk,write,etc),an
occurrence(happen,become),or a state of
being(be,exist,stand).
• Verbs always express activity.
For Example – Let’s run to the corner
and back.(action)
• I know the answer.(occurence)
• I am a student. (state of being)

Identification of Verbs

• We can identify verb in a

sentence by the word that has an
 action or an occurrence or state
of being.
• For example:
• I washed the car.
• Bolt runs fast.
• I think Afridi is a good player.

Importance of Verb

• A Verb is main part of the

sentence or question in
English.
• You can’t have a sentence or
a question complete without
verb.
Types of Verbs

• Action Verbs
• Auxiliary Verbs
• Stative Verbs
• Modal Verbs
• Regular Verbs
• Irregular Verbs

Action Verbs

• Action Verbs are the words that express

action like eat, write, drive etc.
• Action Verbs are further divided in sub types
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.
 Transitive Verbs: A transitive
verb is an action verb that has a direct object.
A direct object is a word that receives an
action of the verb e.g., Richard annoys his
boss so much that he’ll never get a
promotion. ( His boss is the direct object of
annoys and a promotion is the direct of get).

Intransitive Verbs do not need a direct

object in order to complete their meaning.
Many are followed by an adjective,
adverb, preposition or verb complement(
gerund or infinitive).For example:
• If Cathy continues to be late for work,
the boss will fire her. ( Continues is
followed by an infinitive (to be), with
no direct object.)
Auxiliary (helping) verbs are used
together with the main verb to show verb’s
tense or to form a negative or a question.
For example
• Does Sam write all his own reports?

Other types
Auxiliary (helping) verbs are used together with the
main verb to show verb’s tense or to form a negative or a
question. For example
• Does Sam write all his own reports?
• Stative Verbs are the verbs that explain a state rather
than an action. They usually relate to thoughts,
emotions, relationships, senses, state of being and
measurements. For example
• Paul feels rotten today.
• Modal Verbs are a type of helping verbs that are
used to express: ability, possibility, permission or
obligation.
• Modal verbs are
• Can/ could May/might shall/ should
Must/ have to
Will/ would ought/ be able to

• Regular Verbs mean that they form their

different tenses according to an established
pattern.
 • For example: I wanted to learn English.
• John loves his dog.
• Irregular Verbs are the verbs that don’t
take on regular –d. –ed or
-ied spelling patterns in past tense.
For example: Lets take a walk on Sunday.
We spent the whole day hiking.