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VERBS

T S L B 1 0 7 4 F U N D A M E N TA L S O F G R A M M A R
Verbs
A verb is a word that describes
an action (e.g., “jump”),
occurrence (e.g., “become”), or
state of being (e.g., “exist”).
Verbs indicate what the subject
of a sentence is doing. Every
complete sentence must contain
at least one verb.
Verbs
- Base/ infinitive
- Main & Auxiliary
- Primary Auxiliary
- Action & Linking
- Transitive & Intransitive
- Finite & Non-finite
Verbs can change form depending on
subject (e.g., first person singular),
tense (e.g., simple past), mood (e.g.,
interrogative), and voice (e.g., passive
voice).
• Regular verbs are verbs whose simple
past and past participle are formed by
adding“-ed” to the end of the word (or “-d”
if the word already ends in “e”).

• Irregular verbs are verbs whose simple


past and past participles are formed in
some other way.
e.g. Good , better, best
Base/ infinitive.
BASE
Base Verb: The base form of a verb is
the simplest form of the verb, typically
the one you would find in the
dictionary. For example, "walk," "run,"
"eat," etc.

INFINITIVE
Infinitive Verb: The infinitive form of
a verb is often preceded by "to" in
English and is used in a variety of
sentence structures. For example, "to
walk," "to run," "to eat," etc.
MAIN
Main Verb: The main verb is the
central action or state of being in a Main & Auxiliary Verbs.
sentence. It expresses the primary
action or condition. For example, in
the sentence "She writes a novel," AUXILIARY
"writes" is the main verb.
02 Auxiliary Verb (Helper Verb):
Auxiliary verbs are used alongside
01 the main verb to create different verb
tenses, moods, voices, etc. Examples
of auxiliary verbs include "be,"
"have," "do," "will," "shall," etc. For
instance, in the sentence "She is
writing a novel," "is" is an auxiliary
verb.
Primary Auxiliary

Primary auxiliary verbs include "be,"


"have," and "do." They are used as
auxiliary verbs to form tenses and
questions. For example, "She is writing,"
"He has eaten," "Do you like ice cream?"
Action & Linking Verbs:LINKING VERB
• Linking Verbs: Linking
verbs connect the subject
of a sentence to a subject
complement (typically an
ACTION VERB adjective or noun) that
Action Verbs: Action describes or renames the
verbs express physical or subject.
• Common linking verbs
mental actions. For
include "be" forms (am, is,
example, "run," "think," are, was, were), "seem,"
"jump.". "become," "appear," etc.
For instance, in the
sentence "She is happy,"
"is" is a linking verb
connecting "She" to
"happy."
Transitive & Intransitive Verbs

TRANSITIVE INTRANSITIVE
01 Transitive Verbs:
Transitive verbs are
02 Intransitive Verbs:
Intransitive verbs do not
action verbs that require require a direct object to
a direct object to make sense. For
complete their meaning. example, in the sentence
For example, in the "He runs," "runs" is an
sentence "She ate the intransitive verb because
cake," "ate" is a it doesn't need a direct
transitive verb, and "the object.
cake" is the direct
object.
Finite & Non-finite Verbs
Finite Verbs: Finite verbs are verbs that show
tense, person, and number and can stand alone
as the main verb in a sentence. They are often
used to indicate the main action or state. For
example, "I am eating dinner" (finite verb: "am
eating").
FINITE
Non-finite Verbs: Non-finite verbs do not show
tense, person, or number, and they cannot stand
alone as the main verb in a sentence. They
include infinitives (e.g., "to eat"), gerunds (e.g.,
"eating"), and participles (e.g., "eaten"). Non-
NON-FINITE
finite verbs are often used as complements or in
verb phrases.

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