VERB

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Verb

What is a verb?

Types of the verbs

Main verbs

revise

The main verb is also called the lexical verb or the principal verb. This term refers to the important verb in the sentence, the one that typically shows the action or state of being of the subject. Main verbs can stand alone, or they can be used with a helping verb.

think

like

stay

go

write

belong

seem

can

Do

Helping verbs

Helping verbs do just what they sound like they do—they help! Different helping verbs help or support the main verb in different ways. For instance, they can show tense (which indicates when an action happened), ability, intention, or possibility. The primary helping verbs are to be, to do, and to have

have

might

will

must

Dynamic (action) verbs

Stative verbs

A "dynamic verb" means that the verb describes an action rather than a state. Dynamic verbs are sometimes known as "action verbs."

A "stative verb" means that the verb describes a state rather than an action.

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N.B: stative verbs can't be used in the progressive (continous) form

Transitive

Intransitive

A transitive verb is one that is used with an object: a noun, phrase, or pronoun that refers to the person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb

An intransitive verb does not have an object.

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Non-finite

Finite

Non-finite verb forms do not show tense, person or number. Typically they are infinitive forms with and without to (e.g. to go, go), -ing forms and -ed forms (e.g. going, gone)

Finite verb forms show tense, person and number

Causative verbs

Linking (copular) verbs

“Causative verbs” I got my hair cut in the morning. This is an example of the causative form. Causative verbs are used to talk about getting something done by somebody else. Some common expressions using the causative verb forms are given below.• You must have your hair washed. / You must get your hair cut.• You must get that carpet cleaned.• You must get / have your nails polished.

Linking verbs do not express action. Instead, they connect the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject

Catenative verb

"A catenative verb is a verb that controls a non-finite complement. 'Catenative' means 'chaining' and reflects the way that the verb can link recursively with other catenatives to form a chain, as in: We decided to try to rent a house near the sea.

to try to rent

got cleaned

seem

belong

look

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