Sunday, September 29, 2013

Main Verbs



Main Verbs
Main verbs will also be referred to as "lexical verbs".

Main verbs have that means onto their own (unlike serving to verbs) . There are a large number of main verbs, therefore we could classify them in many ways :
Transitive and intransitive verbs


A transitive verb takes a direct object : Somebody killed the President. An intransitive verb will not got a direct object : He died. Many verbs, like speak, could be transitive or intransitive. Look at these examples :

transitive :

I saw an elephant.
We are watching TV.
He speaks English.

intransitive :

He has arrived.
John goes to faculty.
She speaks fast.

Linking verbs

A linking verb will not have a lot of that means in itself. It "links" the subject to what's same in regards to the subject. Usually, a linking verb shows equality (=) or possibly a amendment to a unique state or place () . Linking verbs will always be intransitive (however only a few intransitive verbs are linking verbs) .

Mary could be a teacher. (mary = teacher)
Tara is lovely. (tara = lovely)
That sounds fascinating. (which = fascinating)
The sky became dark. (the sky dark)
The bread has gone negative. (bread negative)

Dynamic and stative verbs

Some verbs describe action. They are referred to as "dynamic", and might be applied along together using continuous tenses. Other verbs describe state (non-action, an issue) . They are referred to as "stative", and can't normally be applied along together using continuous tenses (aleven however a number of them could be applied along together using continuous tenses having a amendment in that means) .

dynamic verbs (examples) :

hit, explode, fight, run, go

stative verbs (examples) :

be
like, love, like, wish
impress, please, surprise
hear, see, sound
belong to, contain, contain, embrace, need
seem, resemble, seem

Regular and irregular verbs

This is additional an issue of vocabulary than of grammar. The merely real distinction between regular and irregular verbs is they will have completely different endings for his or her past tense and past participle forms. For regular verbs, yesteryear tense ending and past participle ending is usually the very same : -ed. For irregular verbs, yesteryear tense ending and also the past participle ending is variable, thus it's.its essential to learn them by heart.

regular verbs : base, past tense, past participle

look, looked, looked
work, worked, worked

irregular verbs : base, past tense, past participle

purchase, bought, bought
cut, cut, cut
do, did, done

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