Verbs Flashcards
1
Q
What are the types of verb?
A
- Auxiliary
- Stative
- Dynamic
- Perceptive
- Modal auxiliary
- Main
- Epistemic
- Deontic
- Emphatic
2
Q
What is a dynamic verb?
A
- Express a wide range of actions which can be physical, mental or perceptual
- Run, enter, think, see
3
Q
What is a stative verb?
A
- Express states of being or processes
- Am, was, to know, to believe, to remember, to realise, to suppose, to appear
4
Q
What is a perceptive verb?
A
How something seems, appears, feels
5
Q
What are auxiliary verbs?
A
- Verbs used together with other verbs to add extra meaning to the main verb
- We ARE going
- Lucy HAS arrived
- CAN you play
- I HAVE gone
- DO you want to go out
- I DID not do it
- The baby DOES want food
6
Q
What are examples of modal verbs?
A
- Will
- Would
- Can
- Could
- May
- Might
- Shall
- Should
- Must
7
Q
What is the auxiliary and main verb in the sentence: He had chased penfold
A
Auxiliary- had
Main- chased
8
Q
What are some examples of auxiliary verbs?
A
- Is
- Was
- Be
9
Q
What is perfect aspect?
A
- When HAVE is the auxiliary verb
- The action of the verb isn’t changing, it’s motionless or in a fixed/completed state
- Constructed using the auxiliary verb ‘have’ and the past participle
10
Q
What is progressive aspect?
A
- When BE is the auxiliary verb
- The action of the verb is changing/ongoing
- Constructed using the auxiliary verb ‘be’ and the present participle
11
Q
What do epistemic modal auxiliaries show?
A
Possibility, probability, certainty
12
Q
What do deontic modal auxiliaries show?
A
Obligation
13
Q
What are epistemic modal auxiliary verbs?
A
- When a modal verb is used to express the speakers opinion about a statement
- He MIGHT be arriving late
-She COULD have scored higher
14
Q
What are deontic modal auxiliary examples?
A
Ought, may, must, can, should
