VERBS

Verb is a word that describes an action or

occurrence and indicates a state of being.

Intransitive
Verbs

Transitive
Verbs

Action
Verbs
Regular and
Irregular Verbs

Lists of
verbs

Auxilliary
Verbs

Being
Verbs

Subject-verb
Agreement

Action verbs

Tell about something,a person,

animal, force of nature or thing
can do or be.
Eg : eat , read , play , walk , etc .

Auxilliary

Verbs

Do not stand alone or express action.

Helping verbs define the tense (past,
present, future) or change the
meaning of the main verb.

 Examples

of auxilliary verbs:

may

might

must

am

are

is

does

did

have

had

should
has

be
was

being
were

could
will

been

can

do

would
shall

Subject-verb Agreement

States that verbs must be agree in number with its

subject.The subject is always a Noun or Pronoun.
A singular noun must have a singular verb.
Eg. A cat is an animal.
(The subject is cat,cat is a singular noun.
Is is a singular verb.)
A plural noun must have a plural verb.
Eg. Cats are animal.
(Cats is plural noun. Are is plural verb.)

Exercises
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8)

Mary _______ everyday.

Boon and his friends love to _________.
They ________ to school.
Tom ________ with his brother everyday.
The dog ( is, are) a friend to man.
They ( is, are) found everywhere.
The boy ( eats, eat) rice every day.
Those girls ( is, are) playing.

Answers

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2)
3)
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5)
6)
7)
8)

Mary sings/eats/sleeps/cooks etc. everyday.

Boon and his friends love to play/run/fight etc.
They cycle/walk/run drive etc.to school.
Tom fights/plays etc. with his brother everyday.
The dog ( is, are) a friend to man.
They ( is, are) found everywhere.
The boy ( eats, eat) rice every day.
Those girls ( is, are) playing.

Transitive

Verbs

Shows action that performed on something.

Something receives the actions.
E.g.
John bit the ball to Micheal.
(The ball received the hitting.)
Peter writes letters to his cousins.
(The letters receive the writing.)

 Intransitive

Verbs

It takes not direct objects.

E.g.
Mark sings in the school choir.
Harry walks in the woods.
Our baby brother sleeps through the
night.

Exercises

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

I have two dogs and a cat. I _____(love)

animals.
We ______(go) to play ground yesterday.
Lily has ______(eat) a plate of fried rice.
Peter had _______(break) up with his
girlfriend.
Christine ______(drink) hot chocolate
every morning.

ANSWER
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

I have two dogs and a cat. I love

animals.
We went to play ground yesterday.
Lily has eaten a plate of fried rice.
Peter had broken up with his girlfriend.
Christine drinks hot chocolate every
morning.

Being

Verbs

Tell about something in a

state of being.

Exercises
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2.
3.
4.
5.

Mary _______(be brush) her teeth now.

John and his friends ________(be swim) in
the swimming pool yesterday.
Ean will have been ________(play)
badminton tomorrow.
It had not been _______(rain).
I have been ________(do) the homeworks
for an hour.

Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Mary is brushing her teeth now.

John and his friends is swimming in
the swimming pool yesterday.
Ean will have been playing badminton
tomorrow.
It had not been rainning.
I have been doing the homeworks for an
hour.

Regular

Verbs

Change their forms very little. The past

tense and past participle of regular
verbs end in ed.
Eg.
Work, worked, worked
Hang, hanged, hanged
Play, played, played

Irregular

Verbs

It do not follow the rules for changing

tense. The best way to understand
irregular verbs is to practice and
memorize them.

 EXAMPLES OF IRREGULAR VERBS SHOWN

IN THE PRESENT/PAST/PAST PARTICIPLE:
Present
Bite
Choose
Eat
Fall
Hurt
Go
Lay

Past

Bit

Chose

Ate

Fell

Hurt

Went

Laid

Future
Bitten
Chosen
Eaten
Fallen
Hurt
Gone
Laid

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