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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