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    The document discusses the different types of verbs in English grammar including action verbs, transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, auxiliary verbs, stative verbs, modal verbs, phrasal verbs, and irregular verbs. Examples are provided for each type of verb.

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    Verbs

    •Verbs are the action words in a sentence that


    describe what the subject is doing.

    •Along with nouns, verbs are the main part of a


    sentence or phrase, telling a story about what is
    taking place.
    What is a verb?
    •When learning the rules of grammar,
    people are often confused that verbs are
    only ‘doing’ words. It means, they signify
    only that part of the sentence which
    explains the action taking place.
    Verbs almost always come after a
    noun or pronoun. These nouns
    and pronouns are referred to as
    How to Recognize the subject.
    a Verb?
    •Mark eats his dinner quickly.
    •We went to the market.
    •You write neatly in your
    notebook.
    Rule -1 Physical Verbs –

    •Physical verbs are action verbs. They


    describe specific physical actions.

    •If you can create a motion with your


    Physical Verbs body or use a tool to complete an action,
    the word you use to describe it is most
    likely a physical verb.

    •Let’s run to the corner and back.


    •I hear the train coming.
    •Call me when you’re finished with class.
    Rule -2 Mental Verbs –
    •Mental verbs have meanings that are
    related to concepts such as discovering,
    understanding, thinking, or planning.

    •In general, a mental verb refers to a


    Mental Verbs
    state of mind.

    •I know the answer.


    •She recognized me from across the
    room.
    •Do you believe in everything people
    tell you?
    Rule -3 States of Being Verbs –
    •They are also known as linking verbs.
    •State of being verbs describe conditions
    or situations that exist.
    •State of being verbs are inactive since
    States of Being no action is being performed.
    Verbs •These verbs, forms of to be, such as
    am, is, are, are usually complemented
    by adjectives.

    •She is a teacher
    •I am a student.
    •We are circus performers.
    Types of Verbs
    These verbs express specific actions and are
    used, any time you want to show action or
    discuss someone, doing something.

    Examples:
    1. Action Verbs •Run
    •Dance
    •Slide
    •Jump
    •Think
    •Stand
    •Smile
    •Listen.
    Transitive verbs are action verbs that always
    express activities that relate or affect
    someone or something else. These other
    things are generally direct objects, nouns or
    pronouns that are affected by the verb, In a
    2.Transitive verbs sentence with a transitive verb, someone or
    something receives the action of the verb.

    Examples:

    •Love
    •Respect
    •Tolerate
    •Believe
    •Maintain.
    Intransitive verbs are action verbs that
    always express doable activities. They are
    different from transitive verbs because there
    is no direct object following an intransitive
    verb.

    3.Intransitive verbs Examples:

    •Walk
    •Laugh
    •Cough
    •Play
    Auxiliary verbs are also known as helping
    verbs and are used together with a main verb
    to show the verb’s tense or to form a
    question or negative.
    These auxiliary verbs let the reader know
    when the action took place.
    There are 24 Auxiliary verbs in English
    4. Auxiliary verbs Grammar.

    Some Examples:
    Is
    am
    Are
    Was
    Were
    Will
    have
    Stative verbs can be recognized because they
    express a state rather than an action like
    thoughts, emotions, relationships, senses,
    states of being, and measurements.
    The best way to think about stative verbs is
    that, they are verbs that describe things that
    are not actions.
    5. Stative verbs
    Example:

    •Thought
    •Doubt
    •Believe
    •wanted
    Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs that are used
    to express abilities, possibilities, permissions,
    and obligations.

    6. Modal verbs Examples:

    •Can
    •Must
    •May
    •Should
    •Would
    6. Modal verbs
    Phrasal verbs aren’t single words; instead,
    they are combinations of words that are used
    together to take on a different meaning to
    that of the original verb.

    Example:
    7. Phrasal verbs
    Run out
    Go all out
    Make out
    Hand out
    Bring out
    Face up
    Irregular verbs are those that don’t take on
    the regular spelling patterns of past simple
    and past participle verbs.

    Example:
    8. Irregular verbs
    Take/took
    Make/made
    See/saw
    Do/does
    Come/came
    Thank you

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