What is a Verb ? āĻā§ā§°āĻŋā§āĻž (Verb) āĻāĻŋ ? 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 āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋ)
1. Action Verbs : Show physical or mental action Ex: run, eat, think āĻļāĻžā§°ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž, āĻā§ā§ąāĻž, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻā§°āĻž
2. Non-Action Verbs (State Verbs) Show state, feeling, possession Ex: know, like, believe āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž, āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻāĻžāύāĻž, āĻāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻā§°
īģŋ3. Linking Verb Link subject with description Ex: is, am, are, seem Subject āĻā§°ā§ āϤāĻžā§° āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: is, am, are, seem
4. Auxiliary Verbs (Helping Verbs) Help the main verb Ex: is, have, do, can āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: is, have, do, can
5. Transitive Verbs Need an object Ex: She reads a book. āĻā§°ā§āĻŽ (object) āϞāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧā§āĨ¤
6. Intransitive Verbs Do not need an object Ex: The baby cried. āĻā§°ā§āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤
7. Phrasal Verbs Verb + preposition/adverb Ex: give up, look after āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž + āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ/āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: give up (āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž), look after (āϝāϤā§āύ āϞ
8. Verb Patterns Structure used after verbs Ex: want to go, enjoy reading. āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻžāĻāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšā§āϤ āĻāĻ āύ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϝāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°ā§, āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻā§°
B. Types of Verbs (According to Form / Function) (āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋ)
1. Main Verb Shows the main action or state Ex: She writes. āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϤāĻžāĻ āϞāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
2. Auxiliary Verb Helps the main verb Ex: She is writing. āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϤāĻžāĻ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
3. Transitive Verb Takes an object Ex: He bought a pen. āĻā§°ā§āĻŽ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻāϞāĻŽ āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤
4. Intransitive Verb Does not take an object Ex: He sleeps. āĻā§°ā§āĻŽ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āύāĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻļā§ā§ąā§āĨ¤
5. Finite Verb Changes with tense and subject Ex: She plays. āĻāĻžāϞ āĻā§°ā§ subject āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϤāĻžāĻ āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
6. Non-Finite Verb Does not change with tense or subject Ex: to play, playing, played āĻāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻž subject āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻŦāϞā§, āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻāĻž, āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠(Infinitive), āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻāĻž (Gerund), āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻāĻž / āĻā§āϞāĻž (Participle)