Verb And Its Types

Verb:-

A verb is a word or phrase that says or asserts something about a person or thing.

A verb may tell us

1. What a person or thing does;

       A doctor treats patients.

      Our plane flew over the mountains.

Flew and treats are action verbs.

2. What is done to a person or thing;

        The roads were repaired.

       The athletes were trained.

Repaired and trained are action verbs.

3. The state in which a person or thing is;

      I know your address.

       A moat surrounds the castle.

Know and surrounds are non action verbs.

Functions of Verbs in Sentences

A verb is the most important part of a sentence. In fact, it may be called the heart of a sentence.We can have a sentence with only the verb in it, but no Sentence can exist without a verb:

• Go! Sit! { Complete Sentence }

All the students of this class absent because from the school today
{ not a sentence because there is no verb }

The number of words in a verb may vary from one to four:-

• Abhinav plays hockey . ( One word )

• Abhinav is playing hockey . ( Two words )

• Abhinav has been playing hockey. ( Three words )

• Abhinav might have been playing. ( Four words )

 

Kinds of Verbs ;- Main and Auxiliary

1. Main verbs  ( principal verbs ) :- eat , drink , sleep , go , give , sing etc.

2. Auxiliary verbs ( helping verbs ) :- be , do , have , can, may , should, etc.

– Verbs used to form the tenses of main verbs are called Auxiliary verbs

 

Auxiliaries

There are twelve auxiliaries in English : be , have, do , can , may, will , shall ,
must , ought to, need , dare and used to . All verbs that are not auxiliaries
are main verbs.

Auxiliaries are of two kinds :-

1. Primary auxiliaries:- be , have , do

    (a) be : is , are , am , was , were

   ( b ) have; has, had

   (c) do: does , did

Primary auxiliaries can be used as auxiliaries as well as main verbs:

• She is clever . (is – main verb )

• She is talking her dinner. ( is – auxiliary )

2. Modal auxiliaries :can, could , may , might, will , would , shall , should , must , ought to

Modal auxiliaries are used with main verbs to express different moods like permission , prohibition , suggestion , etc

• You can leave early .( granting permission )

• He should consult his doctor .  ( suggestion )

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