7th Class English Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives Kinds of verb

      Kinds of verb

Action Verbs: An action word tells what the subject does or that it exists.

•   He created a confusion in the minds of the people.
•   India resumed talks with Pakistan.
•   He scored more than expectation.
•   You are in hurry.
•   He is late for his class.  

      Helping Verb or be form of Verb

A helping verb tells when the action of a sentence takes place. The helping verb 'be' has several forms such as 'am', 'is', 'are', 'were' and 'will'. These helping verbs can be used in all three tenses.

•   He is learning tips to gain knowledge in English Grammar.
•   You were curious to meet him.
•   He will contact you in case of any confusion.  

        Intransitive Verb

An intransitive verb can stand alone in the predicate because its meaning is complete.

•   He eats.
•   You joke.
•   The plant grows.
•   Steve enquires.
•   Teacher scolds.

In the above given sentences, the verbs 'rings', 'blossom', 'burns' and 'move' do not need object to complete their sense. They make good sense themselves. So these verbs are Intransitive Verbs.  

       Transitive Verb

A transitive verb needs a direct object to complete its meaning. The meaning of a sentence with a transitive verb is not complete without a direct object.

•   He asks a question.
•   You receive the reward.
•   We blame the government for all the mishappenings.
•   My father told me to come home.
•   Steve buys a computer.
•   He denied all the allegations.

In the above given sentences, the verbs 'asks', 'receive', 'blame', 'told', 'buys' and denied need objects to complete their sense. They do not make good sense themselves. So these verbs are Transitive Verbs.  

        Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs change completely in the past tense. Unlike regular verbs, the past tense forms of irregular verbs are not formed by adding 'ed'.  

     Look at the following examples:

•   Present: Know, Take, Eat
•   Past: Knew, Took, Ate
•   Past: Known, Taken, Eaten  

There are five forms of verb. They are the following:

Present Tense form                                                        : \[\text{(}{{\text{V}}^{\text{1}}})\] -     Go         Come                    Eat

Past Tense form                                                               : \[\text{(}{{\text{V}}^{\text{2}}})\] -     Went                     Came                     Ate

Past Participle form                                                         : \[\text{(}{{\text{V}}^{3}})\] -     Gone                   Come                      Eaten

Present Tense Third Person Singular form                  : \[\text{(}{{\text{V}}^{4}})\] -     Goes                   Comes                  Eats

Ing form                                                                             : \[\text{(}{{\text{V}}^{5}})\] -     Going                  Coming                    Eating  

The following list shows the five forms of verb:

Fill in the blanks with suitable verb.  

  What did he __________ you about me?

(A) Tell                                                                 

(B) Told

(C) Tells                                                               

(D) Telling

(E) Abstract Noun

Answer: (A)

Explanation: What did he tell you about me?  

  This problem can only be _____________ by you.

(A) Solve                                                             

(B) Solved

(C) Solving                                                          

(D) All of these

(E) Abstract Noun

Answer: (B)

Explanation: This problem can only be solved by you.    

A verb is a word which shows an action, state of being or possession of a noun or pronoun.

The word which says something about a noun or pronoun is called a Verb. (All saying words are verbs).

Action Verbs: An action verb tells what the subject does.

Helping Verbs: A helping verb tells when the action of a sentence takes place.

Transitive Verb: The verb which requires an object after it to complete its sense is called Transitive verb.

Intransitive Verb: The verb which does not require an object to complete its sense, but makes complete sense by itself is called an Intransitive Verb.