WHAT IS A MAIN VERB AND ITS TYPES.
Verbs are defined as ‘doing’ words – words that indicate what is being done in the sentence. A verb is the most important word in a sentence. We know that a sentence cannot be formed without a verb.
A verb tells us
- what action takes place or what is done by a person or a thing.
Rahul laughs.
I play.
Regular & irregular verbs.
Transitive & intransitive verbs
Finite & non finite verbs
Non finite verbs 3 types
1. Infinitives
2. Participles
3. Gerunds
types of main verbs
1. regular and irregular verbs.
Regular verbs: Verbs that form their past tense form and past participle by adding ‘d’ or ‘ed’ to the base form are called regular verbs.
- The kitten plays with a ball of wool. (present tense)
- The kitten played with a ball of wool. (past tense)
- The kitten has played with a ball of wool. (past participle)
types of main verbs
1. regular and irregular verbs.
Irregular verbs: Irregular verbs form their past tense and past participle in many different ways. There is no fixed pattern to make the past tense and past participle of irregular verbs. The only way is to learn them is with practice.
There are 3 types of irregular verbs.
- Verbs with all the three forms (the base, the past tense form, the past participle) identical.
- Verbs with two parts identical. These verbs can be either regular or irregular with a ‘t’ suffix.
- Verbs with all three parts different.
All three forms are the same.
Two of the forms are the same.
Two of the forms are the same.
Two of the forms are the same.
All three forms are different.
