Word Classes - Verbs

Word Classes - Verbs

1. Verbs

   • Definition
     • Verbs is a DOING word of a BEING word
   • Stative Verb
     • What is a stative verb?
       • Stative verbs express states of being where there is no action
       • They are not often commands
       • They do not occur after a verb which has an 'ing' ending
       • Examples
         • To know
         • To believe
         • To remember
         • To realise
         • To play
   • Dynamic Verb
     • What is a dynamic verb?
       • They are verbs which express a wide range of actions which may be physical, mental or perpetual
         • Physical
           • Jump
         • Mental
           • Think
         • Perpetual
           • See
       • They can be used as commands
       • They do occur after verbs, ending with an 'ing'
       • Examples
         • Buying
         • Fighting
         • Playing
   • Regular verbs
     • They have 4 forms
       • 1. Example
         • Base form
           • Walk
       • 2. Infinitive
         • to + base form
           • To walk
       • 3. Third person singular present tense
         • Walks
       • 4. Past tense and past principle
         • Walked
       • 5. Present principle
         • Walking
   • Irregular Verbs
     • They have 5 forms
       • 1. Example
         • Base form
           • Show
       • 2. Infinitive
         • To + base form
           • To show
       • 3. Third person singular present principle
         • Shows
       • 4. Past Tense
         • Showed
       • 5. Present Principle
         • Showing
       • 6. Past Principle
         • Have shown
   • Types of verbs
     • Two types of verbs
       • Lexical verb
         • Express the meaning in a verb phrase
           • Example
             • The boy RAN to school
         • Lexical verbs carry the meaning of a sentence- without it the sentence would not make sense as we would not know what was happening/ what the action of the sentence was.
       • Auxilary verb
         • A group of verbs that combine with the main verb to form a verb phrase
           • they can be used to:
             • Construct different time scales
             • To add emphasis
             • To give information about the mood or attitude of a writer or the speaker
         • Auxiliary verbs are ‘helping’ verbs which assist the lexical verb in a sentence. They always come before a lexical verb.

2. 2 Types of Auxilary verbs

   • Primary verbs
     • To be, To do and To have can at as auxilairies
       • Examples
         • I HAVE gone
         • The girl HAS swum
   • Modal Verbs
     • Can/Could
       • Shall/Should
         • Will/Would
           • May/Might/Must

3. Voice