Verbs (A2)

Question 0

6 main types of verb

Answer 0

Stative
Dynamic
Transitive 
Intransitive
Auxiliary 
Lexical

Question 1

What are verbs? What do they do?

Answer 1

Essentially ‘doing’ words

Describe actions and states

Question 2

What are features of stative verbs?

Answer 2

Describe states of being or processes
No obvious actions
Not normally used as commands
Don’t usually occur after the verb “to be” + ‘ing’ ending

Question 3

Examples of stative verbs

Answer 3

To know
To believe
To remember 
To realise
To suppose
To appear

Question 4

What are dynamic verbs?

Answer 4

Express lots of different kinds of actions

Can be used as commands

Question 5

Types of actions that dynamic verbs refer to and examples: (3)

Answer 5

Physical (jump)
Mental (think)
Perceptual (see)

Question 6

What is the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs?

Answer 6

Transitive: have to be followed by object receiving the action
Intransitive: don’t need to be followed by the object to make sense

Question 7

Example of a transitive verb in context:

Answer 7

I carried the baby

^

Question 8

Example of an intransitive verb:

Answer 8

The child cried

^

Question 9

What do intransitive verbs describe?

Answer 9

Either:
Position (to sit, to lie)
Or Motion (to run, to go)

Question 11

Sometimes a verb can be transitive and intransitive depending on the context. Give an example

Answer 11

I am eating (I)

I am eating cake (t)

Question 12

How can you tell if a word is a verb?

Answer 12

Add an ‘ing’ ending to see if it still makes sense

By placing the word after ‘I’ or ‘we’

Question 13

What 5 different forms (including base) do regular and irregular verbs come in?

Answer 13

base
infinitive (to+base)
3 p s present
Past tense and past participle
Present participle

Question 14

Which two forms are the same in regular verbs, but different in irregular?

Answer 14

Past tense and Past participle

Question 15

What is the regular rule of the infinitive

Answer 15

to + verb

Question 16

What is the regular rule of 3 p s present

Answer 16

’s’ ending

Question 17

What is the regular rule of the past tense and past participle

Answer 17

‘ed’ ending

Question 18

What is the regular rule for the present particple

Answer 18

‘ing’ ending

Question 19

What are features of irregular verbs?

Answer 19

Have 5 separate forms (not including base)

Don’t conform to regular rules of verbs

Question 20

What is the general rule of irregular verbs and the past participle?

Answer 20

Formed like:

have + verb + irregular ending

Question 21

What are lexical verbs for?

Answer 21

Used to express meaning in verb phrases

e.g. the boy RAN to school

Question 22

What are auxiliary verbs?

Answer 22

Additional verbs used to ‘aid’ the main verb in the sentence or clause
(Also known as helper verbs)

Question 23

Give an example of an auxiliary verb

Answer 23

I have finished my dinner
“Have” is the auxiliary verb
“Finished” is the main verb

Question 24

What are auxiliary verbs used for?

Answer 24

To differentiate between:
time (tense)
questions
negatives
add emphasis
give information

Question 25

What are the primary verbs?

Answer 25

to be
to have
to do

Question 26

What are primary verbs sometimes used as?

Answer 26

Auxiliary verbs

Question 27

What are modal verbs?

Answer 27

Another type of auxiliary verb

Question 28

What are modal verbs used for?

Answer 28

To indicate modality:

likelihood, ability, permission and obligation

Question 29

9 examples of modal verbs

Answer 29

can
could
may
might
must
shall
should
will
would