Verbs Flashcards
verbs
describe actions and states
i ran towards the table
i feel unwell today
auxiliary verb
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
modal auxiliary verbs
can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would
action verb
expresses something a person or thing can do
‘eats’ ‘chased’ ‘skipped’ NOT ‘likes’ ‘being’ - those are a STATE and cant be done
stative verbs
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’
transitive verb
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)
intransitive verb
one that doesn’t act upon something
‘the rain FELL’
‘my throat HURTS’
‘the cat SNEEZED’
modal verb
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.
phrasal verb
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’
regular verbs
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)
irreuglar verbs
don’t conform to the regular, simple past and part participle rule
tell (regular verb) ——-> told (simple past tense) ——>has told (past participle)
verb forms
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
direct object of the verb
preforming an action on something
terry kissed HER HAND
jamie can eat a A WHOLE CHICKEN
indirect object of the verb
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
transitive verb
verbs that can have a direct object are called transitive verbs.
barney COPIED the answer
terry SAW a fish in the water
intransitive verb
Some verbs cannot have a direct object. These verbs are called intransitive verbs.
the rain FELL heavily
jack PROTESTED in the street
finite verbs
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’
HARD
non-finite verbs
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
HARD
