Verbs And Adverbs Flashcards
What is the meaning of a dynamic verb?
Dynamic verbs are doing verbs but you can’t always see it happening. E.g “I am a student” or “I am living”
What is a copular verb?
A copular verb is to be something or to become something, e.g “the dog turned nasty” the copular verb in this sentence is ‘turned’
What are the inflections of ‘to be’?
Am, was, be, are, were, being, is, been
What is a verb phrase?
A bunch of words doing the job of a verb
What are the types of main auxiliary verbs?
‘To have’ ‘To be’ ‘To do’.These can also be both a main verb and a main auxiliary. Words like “was” and “have”are main auxiliary but words like ‘revealed’ and ‘remained’are just main verbs
What is the meaning of a Auxiliary verbs and how many types are there?
They are helper verbs,there are 2 types called “Modal Auxiliary” and “Main Auxiliary”
What is the meaning of a modal Auxiliary verb?
They tell you about level of certainty (they can exist/stand on their own”
What are the 9 modal Auxiliary verbs?
Can, Could, Shall, Should, Will, Would, Might, Must, May.
They tell you about time,intention,ability and obligation (level of certainty)
What is an infinitive verb?
An infinite verb is the word To+verb
What is a present participle verb?
Words ending in ing e.g “walking”
What is a past participle verb?
Words ending in ed, en, d, t, or n. E.g “has walked” “have driven”. It has to have the words have/has/had and then a past tense verb
What is a past tense verb?
Words ending in ed e.g “walked”
What is a 3rd person singular present tense verb?
Words always ending in s e.g “she says”
What is a past participle?
Words ending in en e.g the word “driven” is a past tense participle
What is a 2 word(phrasal) verb?
It’s a verb and a preposition e.g “sit down”
