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Verb Types

The verb expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being. There are four main types of verbs: 1. Auxiliary verbs like "be", "do", and "have" are used with a main verb to show tense or form questions. 2. Modal verbs like "can", "may", and "should" express abilities, permissions, obligations and more. 3. Regular verbs form their past tense and past participles by adding "-ed" while irregular verbs do not follow patterns. 4. Gerund and infinitive verbs can function as subjects or objects and name activities. Both end in "-ing" and "to VERB" respectively.

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Verb Types

The verb expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being. There are four main types of verbs: 1. Auxiliary verbs like "be", "do", and "have" are used with a main verb to show tense or form questions. 2. Modal verbs like "can", "may", and "should" express abilities, permissions, obligations and more. 3. Regular verbs form their past tense and past participles by adding "-ed" while irregular verbs do not follow patterns. 4. Gerund and infinitive verbs can function as subjects or objects and name activities. Both end in "-ing" and "to VERB" respectively.

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VERB

Definition: The verb is the morphological part that expresses an action, an occurrence or a state
of being.

Types:
1. Auxiliary verbs - helping verbs used together with a main verb to show the verb’s tense
or to form a question or a negative statement.

Verb Simple Aspect Perfect Gerund


Infinitive Present: Past: Future: Aspect
form 3rd form
BE I am I was will be been being
You are You were
He/ She/ It is He/ She/ It was
We/You/They are We/You/They were
DO I/You do I/You did will do done doing
He/ She/ It does He/ She/ It did
We/You/They do We/You/They did
HAVE I/You have I/You had will have had having
He/ She/ It has He/ She/ It had
We/You/They have We/You/They had
WILL - would will - willing

2. Modal verbs - used to express abilities, possibilities, permissions and obligations.


Here is a list of some modals with examples:
Modal Verb Expressing Example
Strong obligation You must stop when the traffic lights turn red.
must logical conclusion/ Certainty
He must be very tired. He's been working all day
long.
must not prohibition You must not smoke in the hospital.
ability I can swim.
Can
permission Can I use your phone please?
(be able to)
possibility Smoking can cause cancer.
ability in the past When I was younger I could run fast.
could polite permission Excuse me, could I just say something?
possibility It could rain tomorrow!
permission May I use your phone please?
may
possibility, probability It may rain tomorrow!
polite permission Might I suggest an idea?
might
possibility, probability I might go on holiday to Australia next year.
lack of necessity/ absence of I need not buy tomatoes. There are plenty of
need not
obligation tomatoes in the fridge.
50 % obligation I should/ ought to see a doctor. I have a terrible
headache.
should/ought to advice You should/ ought to revise your lessons
logical conclusion He should/ ought to be very tired. He's been
working all day long.
had better advice You 'd better revise your lessons

3. Regular and Irregular verbs – verbs that change their form to express different tenses
according to a certain pattern
 Regular verbs are those whose past tense and past participles are formed by adding a
-d or an -ed to the end of the verb.
e.g.: to roll – rolled; to plan – planned; to move – moved
 Irregular verbs are those whose past tense and past participles are formed by not
following a certain rule however they are grouped in:
 Verbs which have all the three forms alike: Cut / cut / cut
 Verbs which have two of the three forms alike:
Run / ran / run
Beat / beaten / beaten
 Verbs which have three different forms: Break / broke / broken
 A few verbs have two past participle forms. One of these forms end in -en and
can only be used like an adjective: Sink / sunk / sunken

4. Gerund and Infinitive verbs - function as subjects or objects in a sentence. Both gerunds
and infinitives can be nouns, they normally name activities.
Uses:
 can both function as the subject of a sentence:
e.g.: Playing basketball takes up too much of her time.
To play basketball for UConn is her favorite fantasy.
 as a Subject Complement:
e.g.: Her favorite fantasy is to play basketball for UConn.
Her favorite fantasy is playing basketball for UConn.

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