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What is a verb ?

 A VERB is word which says what a noun or pronoun does ( run,write,fall,study,ect.). It refers to an action or state. Every sentences must have verb.
Look at the sentences below. The ones on the left are wrong because they do not have verbs.

WRONG 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. She at the bus-station He back home. The food delicious. She tired. They angry with me 1. 2. 3. 4.

RIGHT She is at the bus-station. He went back home. The food tastes delicious. She feels tired. They children looked

5. sleepy

 There are kinds of verbs.The verb either express an action or describe a state of being. The verb that express an action (e.g run,sleep,drink)is called an action verb, and the verb that express a state of being (e.g. is,are,seem,appear)is called a non-action verb.

ACTION VERBS 1. My cat always sleeps on the couch. 2. Tom is looking at you. 3. Susan has bought a car. 4. My children go to school by bus. 5. Fran will stay with her sister when she goes to Kuala Lumpur. 6. Tim will have finished his homework by the I arrive home. 7. Doris baked some cookies.

NON-ACTION VERBS 1. My cat is cute. 2. You look pretty in red. 3. The car is very expensive. 4. The bus is red. 5. Her sister is teacher. 6. Her name is Fay. 7. He seems bored.

Characteristic of a verb
ACTION WALK SLEEP KICK STATE VERB IS WAS WERE

VERB
REGULAR

IRREGULAR

Regular verb
Any verb which has an addition of -d, -ed or -ied for the past tense and past participle.

Infinitive Present Past participle

attack attend decide behave bury call carry attacking attending deciding behaving burying calling carrying attacked attended decided behaved buried called carried

Past participle
attacked attended decided behaved buried called carried

Irregular verb
Any verb which does not use a set pattern to form the past tense and past participle. INFINITIVE
bring catch come do eat fight go

PAST PARTICIPLE
bringing catching coming doing eating fighting going

PAST
brought caught came did ate fought went

PAST PARTICIPLE
brought caught come done eaten fought gone

Tense
A verb can also indicate time.It is called the verb tense.The tense show when an action takes place.

NAME OF TENSE
Simple Present

TIME
Every day, often, usually, sometimes, always, rarely, seldom, hardly, every week

EXAMPLE
She studies. They study.

Simple Past

Yesterday, last night, two She studied. hours ago, in 1997, last week They studied. Tomorrow, soon, in 2020, next year, next week, in the future She will study. They will study.

Simple Future

Auxiliary verb
A verb is sometimes made up of more than one word (compound verb), for example, has gone. Has is the auxiliary verb (helping verb) while gone is the main verb.Auxiliary verb are used with other verbs to express some grammatical function (to make question or to form tenses).

Sentences
He is reading a book. She has written a book. They will go home. We can play tennis. The man was sleeping.

Auxiliary
is has will can was

Main
reading written go play sleeping

To make a compound verb,you need to use a auxiliary verb together with main verb. Auxiliary must occur before a main verb. There are four types of auxiliary verbs: 1. 2. 3. 4. To be (is ,are,am,was,were) To have (has,have,had) Modals (will,shall,can,could,must,may,ect). To do (do,does,did)

2. The

Auxiliary Be is also used to form a passive verb.

Active Verb make made Passive Verb Is + made are + made was + made were + made

Uses of the Auxiliary Be

1. The

Auxiliary Be (is,are,am,was,were) is used to form tenses. Verb

Is + going am + going are + going was + going were + going
Tenses

Present continuous Past continuous

Uses of the Auxiliary Do(do,does,did)

1. The

Auxiliary Do is used to form the negative of the Simple Present and Simple Past. Verb
does + not + go do + not + go did + not + go

Tense Simple Present Simple Past

2. The Auxiliary Do is also used to form question.

Verb
Does she know? Do they know? Did they know?

Tense
Simple Present Simple Past

Uses of the Auxiliary Have

The Auxiliary Have is used to form tenses.
Verb has + gone have + gone had + gone Tense

Present perfect Past perfect

Uses of the Modal Auxiliary

Example of modal auxiliary are can, could, may, must, will, and should .They cannot exist themselves. They have to be combined with verbs in the infinitive (base form) to form complete verbs. The complete verbs expresses a persons opinion or attitude.

Verb
can + go should + go must + go

Meaning
is able to go advise obligation

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