Understanding the Classification of Verb

Verb

The verb describes an action, state, or occurrence and helps in making the predicate of a sentence.

Classification of verb:

1. Auxiliary verbs (helping verb):

It always helps the main verb; that’s why it is called the helping verb, which expresses the tense of the sentence. Main verbs are always used according to helping verbs to express present, past, and future.

2. Ordinary or regular verbs (Classification of verb or main verbs)

1. Types of Auxiliary verbs:
2. Modals primary auxiliaries

1. Primary auxiliaries (be, have, do):

The verb to be: is, are, am, was, were, be

He is playing football

Verb To have: has, have, had

To do:  do, does, did

2. Two types of modals:
3. primary modals b. marginal modals
4. Primary Modals: Those add meaning to the actions which express request, permission, capacity, possibility, and obligation.

Can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, ought to, must, need, dare, used to

1. He can beat you. (capacity)
2. He may come. (possibility)
3. Need you go there?
4. Daren’t he play football with you?
5. I usen’t/used not to smoke at a young age.
6. Marginal modals:

Need to, dare to, used to, ought to

These are called semi-modals are used as actions (main verb).

“Need, dare, used to, ought to” are primary modals and marginal modals as well.

He doesn’t need to go there. (Need- Marginal modal)

He didn’t dare to say anything to them.   (Dare- Marginal modal)

He need not go there.    (Need- primary modal verb/modal verb)

He dared not say anything to them.   (Dare- primary modal/modal verb)

I didn’t’ use to play hide and seek.  (used to- marginal modal)

He used not to play ducks and drakes.  (used to- primary modal verb)

Types of main verbs (Classification of verb):

1. Finite verbs

2. Non-finite verbs

3.  Transitive verb

4. Intransitive verb

 Classification of verb – Causative verbs (have, make, get, let): it refers to cause

Finite verbs:

There are two types of finite verbs

1. Transitive verb b. intransitive verb

 Transitive verb: it has an object.

Subject + verb + object.

He helps the students.

They serve food.

He plays football.

Rahul is playing chess.

Intransitive verb (Classification of verb):  It doesn’t have an object.

Subject + verb + etc.

1. Non finite verbs:
2. Infinitive gerund     c. participle
3. Infinitive verb: he loves to dance.
4. He started dancing.
5. Participle: I saw him fighting at the railway station.

MAIN VERBS

Verbs that get you stuck                                                 

Exercise 1.

Write forms of the following verbs:

1. Saw find
2. Wind blow
3. Bet bear
4. Lose bind
5. Bound hang
6. Lie drive
7. Lay choose
8. Forbid wring
9. Freeze tear
10. Flee  fly

Exercise 2.

Rewrite the given sentences into negative and interrogative forms:

1. I saw her.
2. She took food.
3. I wanted to go abroad.
4. He forgot to return my pen.
5. They lost their money.
6. I found him dead.
7. I shut the door.
8. Nisha learnt how to dance.
9. He stood herself.
10. He grew the sugarcane in his fields.
11. She speaks the truth.
12. He has told a lie.
13. I never follow saints.
14. He has already gone there.
15. He will get selected in Army soon.

Exercise 3.

 Complete the sentences with the following tense of the following given verbs :

1. He ………. His wallet yesterday. (lose)
2. She ………. The facts, when I met him. (conceal)
3. When I saw her, she ……… backside to 9the door.  (hide)
4. My friend never ……… me about her. (ask)
5. His relatives ………. The matter. (know)
6. He ………… Jaipur nowadays. (leave)
7. This road ………… to Gurugram. (lead)
8. He ……….. eighty years old. (turn)
9. Tea ……… cold. (get)
10. I …….. this novel last Sunday. (read)