Verbs

Verbs

1. A doing word. Can express physical, mental action or a state of well being.

   • Action
     • Verbs expressing action, something that a person, animal, force of nature, or thing can do
       • Examples: blinking, running, talking, jumping.
         • I jumped out of my bed this morning.
   • Saying
     • Verbs the replace said. It can be used to express emotions
       • Examples: giggled, sighed, yelled
         • They were yelling the song.
   • Sensing
     • Verbs that relate to how something looks, feels, sounds, tastes or smells
       • Examples: smell, taste, see, feel, hear.
         • The flower smells lovely.
   • Relating
     • Verbs that indicate the relationship that exists between two things
       • Examples: be, consist, seem, have
         • The kitten seemed tired.
   • Phrasal
     • A verb plus a preposition or adverb which creates a meaning different from the original verb
       • Examples: run+away= ran away, blow+up=blew up/explode
         • The racing car blew up after it crashed.
   • Modal
     • Verbs that give us information about the possibility or certainty
       • Examples: can, may, might, could.
         • I might go out tonight.
   • Auxiliary (helping verb)
     • Are the verbs be, do, have, will when they are followed by another verb (the full verb) in order to form a question, a negative sentence, a compound tense or the passive.
       • Examples: be [am, are, is, was, were, being], do [did, does, doing], have [had, has, having], will.
         • Do you like chocolate?