VERBS

 Definition:
- Shows action, a state of being, or an occurrence
- Every sentence must contain a verb
- Has tenses to indicate the timing of an action, occurrence or state of being
 Types:

- Auxiliary verbs:

+ used with a main lexical verb

+ used to show the tense, voice, aspect, emphasis or mood

+ provide grammatical infor

+ types:

~ Primary: be, do, have

~ Modal: can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will, would, need

- Lexical verbs:

+ show the action or state of being going on

+ types:

~ Transitive verbs: followed by an object; classified by the number of objects the

require

 Mono-: a single D.O

Ex:
 Di- : an I.O, a D.O
Ex:
 Tri-: I.O, a D.O and a prep phrase
Ex:

~ Intransitive verbs: express action, no D.O

Ex: she sing well.

~ Action (dynamic) verbs: describe things we do or things that happen; can be
used in continuous tenses (eat, learn, read, reach, jump, run, go)

 present progressive

~ Stative (State) verbs: show thought or opinions, emotions, senses, possession;

can’t be used in continuous tenses (believe, understand, have, hate, love, hear,
depend, dislike, concern, and consist)

 simple present

~ Linking verbs: connect the subject with the rest of the sentence; the verb to be is
the most common linking verb, but there are many others, including all the sense
verbs; some verbs can be both action and linking verbs

~ Regular verbs: forms its tenses, by adding one in the set of generally accepted
standardized suffixes; conjugated by adding either -d, -ed, -ing, or -s to their base
form

~ Irregular verbs: don’t follow the usual rules for verb forms; Three types:

 Three form are the same. Ex: put – put – put

 Two of three forms are the same. Ex: sit – sat – sat
 All three forms are different. Ex: đrink – drank - drunk