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Verb Forms 1

This document defines verbs and their types and forms. There are two main types of verbs: main verbs and helping/auxiliary verbs. Main verbs express actions and are classified as transitive or intransitive. Transitive verbs take an object while intransitive verbs do not. There are also 24 helping verbs in English that are used with main verbs to form tenses, voices, questions, and negatives. Verbs have three principal forms - present, past, and past participle - and changing a verb between these forms is called conjugation.

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Verb Forms 1

This document defines verbs and their types and forms. There are two main types of verbs: main verbs and helping/auxiliary verbs. Main verbs express actions and are classified as transitive or intransitive. Transitive verbs take an object while intransitive verbs do not. There are also 24 helping verbs in English that are used with main verbs to form tenses, voices, questions, and negatives. Verbs have three principal forms - present, past, and past participle - and changing a verb between these forms is called conjugation.

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Verb Forms

Definition of Verb
A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state
or an existence.
e.g.

1.Nirbhay swims in the swimming pool everyday.


(Action)
2.The water is cold. (State)
3.The great pyramids are in Egypt. (Existence)
4.i think its nice. (Feeling)
Types of Verbs
Verbs are of two types

1. Main Verbs

Main Verbs
All the verbs which express action are the main
verbs.
According to their usage, they are classified as
transitive and intransitive verbs.

1.Transitive Verbs
Transitive verbs are those which take an object,
i.e. their action is transferred over to the object.
e.g. Arnav reads newspaper.
2.Intransitive Verb
Intransitive verbs are those which do not take
any object, i.e. the action is limited to the subject
only.
The verbs, play, read, write, watch, show, cook,
start etc are transitive verbs.
e.g. The baby is crying aloud.
Verbs like, sleep, run, cry, weep, smile, laugh,
go, walk, come, tire etc are intransitive verbs.
However, some transitive verbs can sometimes
be used intransitively and vice-versa.
Compare the following sentences to understand
this
2. Helping Verbs/Auxiliaries
There are 24 auxiliaries in English language. These
are further classified as primary and modals.

1.Primary Auxiliaries
Verbs such as am, is, are, was, were, do, did,
have, etc are used with other ordinary (or main)
verbs to form tenses, passive voice, questions,
negative sentences etc.
e.g.
(i) Radha does not trust Krishna.
(ii) They have worked for an hour.
2.Modal Verbs/Modals
Verbs will, shall, would, can, could, might etc are
the modal verbs or modals. They are used with
main verbs to form sentences expressing
permissions, orders, obligations, requests etc.
Conjugation of Verbs
Verbs have three principal forms. Forming these
three forms is called conjugation of verbs.
The three forms of verbs are

1.Present Tense (Original form)


2.Past Tense
3.Past Participle

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