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| Types of Verbs |
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| "Verb is a word of action." |
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A verb is a word, which tells something about some person or thing. A verb may be a one word or more than one word. All verbs have three forms – Base form, Past Tense & Past Participial but, Auxiliary Verb do not have any.
There are three kinds of verbs :
1. Transitive Verb ( Regular / Irregular Verb )
2. Intransitive Verb ( ie. Main Verb )
3. Auxiliary Verb ( Helping / Supporting Verb ) |
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With Transitive Verbs action passes from the subject to the object. |
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The cat killed the rat/mouse. |
(In this sentence the mouse is the subject and the action of killing was passed to the object ie. Rat/Mouse.) |
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The boy kicked the ball. |
(In this sentence the boy is the subject and the action of kicking was passed to the object ie. Ball.) |
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Note : In sentence 1 & 2 verb killed and kicked are Transitive verbs. |
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Auxiliary Verb is also called Helping or Supporting Verb because it helps or supports main verb. |
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I am reading my book. |
(In this sentence ‘am’ is an auxiliary verb and it supports main verb ‘read’. One auxiliary supports one main verb only.) |
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Note : Auxiliary verb has no forms like normal verb. (ie. Base form, Past Tense & Past Participial). They are used with normal verb. |
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