THE VERB FORMS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
A VERB IS A WORD THAT TELLS OR ASSERTS SOMETHING ABOUT A PERSON OR THING. VERB WORD COMES FROM LATIN VERBUM .IT IS SO CALLED.
A VERB MAY TELL US-
1.WHAT A PERSON OR THING DOES; AS
HARI LAUGHS. THE CLOCK STRIKES.
2.WHAT IS DONE TO A PERSON OR THING; AS
SAHIL IS SCOLDED. THE WINDOW IS BROKEN.
3.WHAT A PERSON OR THING; AS
THE CAT IS DEAD. I FEEL SORRY.
THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF VERB-
THE BOY KICKS THE FOOTBALL.
IN ABOVE SENTENCE THE ACTION DENOTED BY THE VERB ‘KICKS’ PASSES OVER FROM THE DOER OR SUBJECT- BOY ,TO SOME OBJECT- FOOTBALL. THE VERB KICKS IS THEREFORE CALLED A TRANSITIVE VERB. TRANSITIVE MEANS PASSING OVER.
THE BOY LAUGHS LOUDLY.
IN THE ABOVE SENTENCE THE ACTION DENOTED BY THE VERB LAUGHS STOPS WITH THE DOER OR SUBJECT – BOY AND DOES NOT PASS PVER TO AN OBJECT. THE VERB LAUGHS IS, THEREFORE, CALLED AN INTRANSITIVE VERB. INTRANSITIVE MEANS NOT PASSING OVER.
LINKING VERB
THE VERB WHICH NEEDS COMPLEMENT TO COMPLETE ITS MEANING IS CALLED LINKING VERB OR VERB OF INCOMPLETE PREDICATION. AS-
HONEY TASTES SWEET.
SHE LOOKS SAD.
IN THE ABOVE SENTENCES TASTES AND LOOKS ARE LINKING VERBS BECAUSE THEY NEED COMPLEMENTS- SWEET AND SAD TO COMPLETE THE MEANINGS.
AUXILIARY VERB- THIS IS INFACT A HELPING VERB. THIS HELPS THE MAIN VERB IN THE FORMATION OF TENSE, MOOD AND VOICE OF THE SENTENCE.
SITA IS WRITING AN ESSAY.
HE WAS TAKING TEA.
I SHALL HELP YOU.
HE CAN LEND YOU MONEY.
YOU HAVE TOLD A LIE.
PRIMARY AUXILIARY-
BE-IS,AM,ARE, WAS, WERE
HAVE-HAS,HAVE, HAD.
DO-DOES, DO, DID.
MODAL AUXILIARY-
SHALL, WILL, SHOULD, WOULD, CAN,COULD,MAY,
MIGHT, MUST,NEED,OUGHT TO,USED TO DARE
THE VERB FORMS:
PRESENT
PAST
PASTPARTICIPLE
ARISE AROSE ARISEN
BEGIN BEGAN BEGUN
DRAW DREW DRAWN
ABUSE ABUSED ABUSED
ASK ASKED ASKED
SWIM SWAM SWUM
WRITE WROTE WRITTEN
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