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

- 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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