What is a Verb ? āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋ⧟āĻž (Verb) āĻ•āĻŋ ? Types of Verbs


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What is a Verb ?

➤ A verb is one of the main parts of a sentence to shows action or state.

Examples: We go to school. He likes cat. She becomes a teacher.

A. Types of Verbs (According to Meaning / Use) (āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°ā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋ)

1. Action Verbs : Show physical or mental action Ex: run, eat, think āĻļāĻžā§°ā§€ā§°āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĻā§Œā§°ā§‹ā§ąāĻž, āĻ–ā§‹ā§ąāĻž, āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āϕ⧰āĻž

2. Non-Action Verbs (State Verbs) Show state, feeling, possession Ex: know, like, believe āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϜāĻžāύāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϕ⧰

īģŋ3. Linking Verb Link subject with description Ex: is, am, are, seem Subject āφ⧰⧁ āϤāĻžā§° āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ— āϘāϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: is, am, are, seem

4. Auxiliary Verbs (Helping Verbs) Help the main verb Ex: is, have, do, can āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ• āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: is, have, do, can

5. Transitive Verbs Need an object Ex: She reads a book. āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻŽ (object) āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϤāĻžāχ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤

6. Intransitive Verbs Do not need an object Ex: The baby cried. āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤

7. Phrasal Verbs Verb + preposition/adverb Ex: give up, look after āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž + āĻ…āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ/āĻ…āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: give up (āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž), look after (āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ āϞ

8. Verb Patterns Structure used after verbs Ex: want to go, enjoy reading. āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻžāĻ›āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻ—āĻ āύ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϝāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžā§°ā§‹, āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧰

B. Types of Verbs (According to Form / Function) (āĻ—āĻ āύ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋ)

1. Main Verb Shows the main action or state Ex: She writes. āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϤāĻžāχ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇āĨ¤

2. Auxiliary Verb Helps the main verb Ex: She is writing. āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ• āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϤāĻžāχ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤

3. Transitive Verb Takes an object Ex: He bought a pen. āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻŽ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ•āϞāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤

4. Intransitive Verb Does not take an object Ex: He sleeps. āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻŽ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āύāϕ⧰⧇ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻļā§ā§ąā§‡āĨ¤

5. Finite Verb Changes with tense and subject Ex: She plays. āĻ•āĻžāϞ āφ⧰⧁ subject āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϤāĻžāχ āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤

6. Non-Finite Verb Does not change with tense or subject Ex: to play, playing, played āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻž subject āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈, āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž, āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ (Infinitive), āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž (Gerund), āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž / āϖ⧇āϞāĻž (Participle)