VERB Flashcards
It shows an action, existence, occurrence, and state of being
Verb
Kinds of Verb:
Transitive Verbs
Intransitive Verbs
Ditransitive Verbs
Be Verbs/Copula Verbs
Linking Verbs
Operator Verbs
Auxiliary Verbs
Emphatic Auxiliary Verbs
Phrasal Verbs
An action verb that requires a direct object.
Ex. Please dedicate yourself to the review.
Transitive Verb
Does not have a direct object.
Ex. Gian prays
Intransitive Verb
Has both direct object and indirect object.
Ex. Gian left Fey some foodm
Ditransitive Verb
Most flexible in terms of grammatical function.
Ex. am, is, are, was, were
Be verbs/ Copula Verbs
Succeeded by a compliment (modifies the subject)
Ex. We (are) teachers.
Linking Verbs
First word of an auxiliary (helping verb)
Will + Have + been + going
Operator verbs
Succeeded by an action verb
Ex. We (have) loved you
Auxiliary Verb
Emphasizes the action
Does, do, did
Ex. We (do) wonder how many economy can make turn around.
Emphatic Auxiliary Verbs
Two word verb: Combination words
Verb + preposition/adverb
Ex. Ask for, break up. Get back
I (came across) the car
Phrasal Verbs
5 Moods of Verb
Declarative
Interrogative
Imperative
Subjunctive
Exclamatory
Telling someone something
Statement sentence type (.)
Declarative/ Indicative
Asking someone something
Question sentence type (?)
Interrogative
Getting someone something
Command sentence type (. or ?)
Imperative
Speaker is uncertain, hypothetical (wishful), counterfactual
Subjunctive
Exclamation sentence type (!)
Exclamatory
Aspects of Verb
Simple
Perfect
Progressive
Perfect progressive
Events that are complete wholes
Unchanging;
Ex. Sittie (loves) literature
Simple
Prior action: it is used at some other point in time.
Ex. Sittie (has gone) to thailand
Perfect
Imperfective; event that could be incomplete
Ex. Gian is (exercising) at the gym.
Progressive
Prior + incompleteness
Ex. Sittie (has been) reading this book for a month now.
Perfect progressive
RECOUNT type of text
Simple past
Disregard interfering markers
As well as, in addition to
Ex. The man (as well as) his wife desires to go.
Intervening expression
Use Rule of proximity (verb AGREES with the nearer verb)
Ex. Neither his nor his employees WERE there.
Neither/ Nor, Either/ or
In the absence of nor and or become singular
Ex. Neither of them give his nod to the group plan.
Neither (no Nor)
Either (No or)
