Verbs

Question 1

verbs

Answer 1

describe actions and states

i ran towards the table
i feel unwell today

Question 2

auxiliary verb

Answer 2

accompanies a main verb to express its tense, mood or voice

main ones:
be - am, is, are, was, were, being, doing
do - does, do, did
have - has, had, have, having

Question 3

modal auxiliary verbs

Answer 3

can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would

Question 4

action verb

Answer 4

expresses something a person or thing can do

‘eats’ ‘chased’ ‘skipped’ NOT ‘likes’ ‘being’ - those are a STATE and cant be done

Question 5

stative verbs

Answer 5

expresses a state rather than an action

relates to a state of being, a thought or an emotion

‘i am at home’ ‘he feels isolated’ ‘she believed in ghosts’

Question 6

transitive verb

Answer 6

acts upon something
has a DIRECT OBJECT

‘I SAW the dog’ (dog being the direct object)
‘Liam ATE the pie (pie as the direct object)
‘the postman WILL GIVE sarah her letter’ (letter as direct object)

Question 7

intransitive verb

Answer 7

one that doesn’t act upon something

‘the rain FELL’
‘my throat HURTS’
‘the cat SNEEZED’

Question 8

modal verb

Answer 8

a type of auxiliary verb used to express ideas such as ability, possibility, permission, and obligation.

can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will, and would.

Question 9

phrasal verb

Answer 9

a verb made up of more than one word (usually two words).
A phrasal verb has a main verb and another word (either a preposition or a particle)
has a meaning different to the main verb

‘A burglar will often break a window to BREAK in’
If you drop the baton the team will DROP BACK to last place’

Question 10

regular verbs

Answer 10

one that forms its simple past tense and its past participle by adding -ed or -d to the base form of the verb

love (regular verb) —-> loved (simple past tense) —-> has loved (past participle)

Question 11

irreuglar verbs

Answer 11

don’t conform to the regular, simple past and part participle rule

tell (regular verb) ——-> told (simple past tense) ——>has told (past participle)

Question 12

verb forms

Answer 12

infinitive - ‘i have to’ eat that
past tense - i ‘ran’ to the lunch queue
present tense - josh ‘jumps’ over the step
future tense - ‘ i will take’ the blame

Question 13

direct object of the verb

Answer 13

preforming an action on something

terry kissed HER HAND
jamie can eat a A WHOLE CHICKEN

Question 14

indirect object of the verb

Answer 14

is the person or thing for whom the action was performed.

jamie read THE CHILDREN a story
i will bake HIM a cake
the postman gives RACHEL a parcel every day

Question 15

transitive verb

Answer 15

verbs that can have a direct object are called transitive verbs.

barney COPIED the answer
terry SAW a fish in the water

Question 16

intransitive verb

Answer 16

Some verbs cannot have a direct object. These verbs are called intransitive verbs.

the rain FELL heavily
jack PROTESTED in the street

Question 17

finite verbs

Answer 17

a verb which has a subject and shows tense. In short, it is a verb being a verb (i.e., a doing word)

‘he PAINTED the fence’
‘I AM excited about going shopping’
‘he ROSE to the top’

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Question 18

non-finite verbs

Answer 18

is the term used to describe a verb that is not showing tense.

In other words, it a verb form which is not acting like a verb (or, at least, the type of verb you need to form a sentence).

‘i hate CAMPING’
‘i want TO GO there’
‘we ate our TOASTED marshmellows

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