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Verbs (forms, types, questions)

 VERB

A verb denotes action. i.e it tells of an action in a sentence.

                It is the life of a sentence, therefore a sentence can’t exist without a verb.

 

FORMS OF VERB:

-          The ‘base/ordinary’ form E.g Go, Write, Talk …

-          The ‘S’ or ‘ES’ form E.g Goes, Writes, Talks …

-          The ‘ING’ form E.g Going, Writing, Talking …

-          The ‘ED1’ (past tense) form E.g Went, Wrote, Talked …

-          The ‘ED2’ (past participle) form E.g Gone, Written, Talked …

TYPES OF VERB

1.       Dynamic verb: This are verbs that carry ‘ing’. They are mostly used in their present continuous form. They are also called GERUNDS.

2.       Stative verb:  They are verbs that do not take ‘ing’. Verbs in this category include

-          Verbs that appeals to the five senses of human i.e smell, taste, hear, feel, sight

WRONG

CORRECT

1.I am hearing you

1.I can hear you

2.I am feeling cold

2. I feel cold

3.You are smelling nice

3.You smell nice

4.The food is tasting nice

4.The food taste nice

5.I am seeing you

5.I can see you

 

-          Verbs that show ownership i.e mine, owe, posses, contain …

WRONG

CORRECT

1. He is owing me some  money

1. He owes me some money

2. The bag is containing ten books

2. The bag contains ten books

3.My year of possessing my possession

3. My year to posses my possession

 

-          Verbs of appearance i.e look, appear, disappear …

WRONG

CORRECT

1. You are looking good

1. You look good

2. He is always disappearing and appearing

2. He always disappear and appear

 

-          Verbs that show emotions i.e love, hate, like, dislike, surprise

WRONG

CORRECT

1. I keep loving him more and more

1. I love him more

2. He is just liking me

2. He just likes me

3. He is hating me for no reason

3. He hates me for no reason

 

 

3.       Regular verb: They are verbs that form their past tense (ED1) and past participle (ED2) by the addition of ‘d’ or  ‘ed’ to their base form e.g

work  -  worked  -  worked

talk    -  talked     -  talked

4.       Irregular verb: They do not take ‘d’ or’ed’ to form their past tense and past participle.

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