This document provides information about verbs in 3 sentences or less:
Verbs describe actions, states of being, and possession. Verbs can be transitive or intransitive, and some verbs can be both. Transitive verbs require an object, while intransitive verbs do not. There are also linking verbs like forms of "to be" that link the subject to additional information.
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1. A L L Y O U
N E E D T O
K N O W
A B O U T
V E R B S
L E R A T O N O S I P H O
N D W A N D W E
2. M E A N I N G O F V E R B
A verb is a doing
word.
It describes
actions
It shows
possession
It denotes being
also(The verbs to
be are is, am
,are, was, were)
3. Transitive Verb
Transitive Verb- A verb that requires an
object to complete its meaning, is called
a Transitive Verb.
Examples
My mother washes clothes.
Alice made a doll.
Intransitive Verb
Intransitive Verb- A verb that doesn't
require an object to complete its
meaning.
Examples
The baby slept.
The girl smiled.
K I N D S O F V E R B S
4. T R A N S I T I V E V E R B A N D
I N T R A N S I T I V E V E R B
Transitive Verbs
are action verbs
that have an
object to
receive that
action.
I bake some
cookies
I ride the
bicycle
I move the chair
Intransitive Verbs are action verbs but
unlike Transitive Verbs they do not have
an object receiving the action
I laugh
I cry
The book falls
5. D O U B L E O B J E C T
Direct and Indirect Object.
Some Transitive Verbs take two objects.
A Direct Object is usually the name of something
An Indirect Object is usually the name of some
person.
6. E X A M P L E S
Roshan gave his friend a video game.
She gave a rupee to him
Danish told us a funny story
7. Transitive
The boy fly kites
He runs a hotel
Mr Sharma opens the shop at eight
He writes novels
The driver stopped the train
The noise stole food
Intransitive
Birds fly in the air
He runs fast
School opens at nine o'clock
He writes legibly
We stopped there a little
She stole carefully
S O M E V E R B S W H I C H C A N B E U S E D
T R A N S I T I V E LY A N D I N T R A N S I T I V E LY
8. V E R B T O B E
Verb to be ( is, am ,are, was, were ,will,
be, shall be, appear, seem and look)
9. V E R B S O F
I N C O M P L E T E
P R E D I C T I O N
T H E Y N E E D O T H E R W O R D S O R A P H R A S E T O
C O M P L E T E T H E I R M E A N I N G . I T I S C A L L E D
C O M P L E M E M T .
10. A
C O M P L E M E N T
C O M P L E T E S
T H E
P R E D I C AT E
11. E X A M P L E S
The dog is (what?) an animal. ( C)
12. E X A M P L E S C O N T.
The man
seems (what?)
tired. 息
He became
(what?) a
hero. 息
13. M A I N P A R T S
O F V E R B
1. The Present Tense
2. The Past Tense
3. The Future Tense.
17. F U T U R E
Emma will ask questions all the time.
18. From nouns
Bath Bathe
Breath Breathe
Food Feed
Action Act
Belief Believe
Death - Die
From adjectives
Able Enable
Deep Deepen
New Renew
Active Act
Cheerful Cheer
Hopeful - Hope
F O R M AT I O N O F V E R B S
19. V E R B S
S O M E P R E F I X E S A N D
S U F F I X E S C A N A R R A N G E
W O R D S I N T O V E R B S
20. P R E F I X E S
1. Able - Enable 2. Courage Encourage
21. P R E F I X E S C O N T.
3. JOY ENJOY 4. DANGER
ENDANGER
22. P R E F I X E S
5. List enlist
6. Light enlighten
7. Little be little
Friend be friend
23. S U F F I X E S
Broad broaden
Wide widen
Fright frighten
24. S U F F I X E S
C O N T.
Bright Brighten
Realise realise
Critic criticise
Just - justify
25. : : :
Pure purify
Test - Testify
Clear - clarify
26. T Y P E S O F V E R B S
Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
27. A C T I O N V E R B S
An action verb tells what people or things can do.
These are some action verbs
- Play
Write
Scream
Dance
Pick
28. A C T I O N V E R B S C O N T.
Ran
Coughed
Swallowed
Ride
Awake
30. V E R B P H R A S E S
A phrase is a group of words
A verb phrase is a verb that has more than one verb in it.
31. L E X I C A L A N D A U X I L L A R Y V E R B S
Lexical verbs are main verbs that show action or state.
Auxillary verbs are helping verbs they can show additional information such as tense.
I rang my friend.: Lexical verb
I was ringing my friend
He is cooking
32. M A I N V E R B
Every complete sentence must have a subject and a main verb.
33. Subject
The topic of the sentence Who or What
the sentence is about.
The subject is a noun or pronoun
Main Verb
The verb in the sentence that shows
what the subject does, or shows what
state the subject is in. Example "Emily
us sad".
E X A M P L E S
34. R E F E R E N C E S
OHasija, S . ( 2014) All About Verbs. Available at /swatihasija All
about verbs( Accesssed 17 September 2021).
Soni, P. (2008)Action Verbs A project LA Activity.Available at
/kakasoni