English Grammar :VERB

VERB

What is VERB ?: - Verb is the word or words that refers to a type of action or action.

Ex: - run, read, write, remember, etc.

verb or verb are mainly two (2) types-

1> Finite Verb or equivalent verb 2> Non-finite Verb or non-finite verb

Finite Verb

What is Finite Verb ?: - All verbs that are fully or fully expressed by the speaker are called Finite Verb.

Example:
He went to the market.
The boy plays cricket.

There are some features of Finite Verb. These are: -

 The meaning of Sentence is fully expressed.
The speech of the speaker is fully or completely expressed. Etc.

Finite Verb is again divided into two parts.

a> Principal Verb or main verb
b> Auxiliary Verb or auxiliary verbs

Principal Verb or main verb

                Principal Verb is the verb that verb can perform independently without the help of any other verb.

Example:
They go
They play football in the field.


There are two types of Principal Verb.
Namely:

I. Transitive Verb
II. Intransitive Verb or Offensive verbs

Transitive Verb:

                 The verb that contains the object or action of the verb is called the transitive verb.

Example:
I bought a book.
I like to read book.

Here are some features of Transitive Verb. These are: -
● The main Verb is followed by one or more objects.

Intransitive Verb

        All verbs that do not have an object or action are called Intransitive Verb.

Example:
He went to school.
Birds fly in the sky.

The features of Intransitive Verb are: -
● They have no object or action after them.
Since they don't have an object, they sit at the end of the sentence.

Auxiliary Verb

               The Verbs used in a Sentence, which helps Principal Verbs to fully express the meaning of Principal Verbs, are called Auxiliary Verb.

The following are the features of Auxiliary Verb: -
 ● The main feature of Auxiliary Verbs is that Auxiliary Verbs does not express itself by being used in Sentence.
● Auxiliary Verbs aids Principal Verb in expressing the meaning of Sentence.

Some examples of Auxiliary Verb:
am, is, are, were, were, have, had, had, shall, shall, will, would, may, might, could, could etc.

Auxiliary Verb is divided into two parts: -
Namely:

I. Primary AuxiliariesII. Modal Auxiliaries

Primary Auxiliaries

              Verbs that are used as sentences for Helping or Auxiliary Verb are called Primary Auxiliaries.

Primary Auxiliaries are -
Be verb: am, is, are, was, were, were
Have verb: has, have, had
Do verb: do, does, did

Modal Auxiliaries

          Auxiliaries verbs used to denote moods or modes are called Modal Auxiliaries.

Some Modal Auxiliaries verb are: -
shall, should, will, would, may, might, can, could, etc.

Non-finite verb

2. Non-finite verb or non-finite verb

         Non-finite Verb is the verb that does not fully express the meaning of a sentence and does not change the number of the Subject and any variant of the verb by Person.

Non-finite Verb is mainly divided into three parts.

a> Gerund
b> Participle
c> Infinitive

Gerund

  Gerund is prepared by associating ing with verb. Whereas Gerund = Verb + ing.
Also known as Double Parts of Speech.

Example:
■ Swimming is a good exercise.

■ Sleeping is necessary to life.

Participle

        The form of Verb that accomplishes the functions of both Verb and Adjective together is called Participle.

There are three types of participle.
Namely:

I> Present Participle
II> Past Participle
III> Perfect Participle

Present Participle

              When a Verb's ing form works with both Verb and Adjective, it is called Present Participle.
Example:
■ This blog is interesting.

Past Participle

             Past Participle is a participle that refers to any work that has been done in the past.
Example:
■ I got a decorated room.

Perfect Participle

         If both Adjective and Verb perform their functions in conjunction with Verb's Past Participle, then it is called Perfect Participle.
Example:

■ Having seen this article, you started to read.
■ The sun having risen, the fog disappeared.

Infinitive

          Infinitive is formed by placing the verb in front of the present form.

Example:
■ You came to read the article.
■ You have to read this article.
■ I come to see.