Verbs Noor syakirah binti johari A134427

What you should know when you study Verbs

What is verbs?? Words used to show performance of an action, existence, possession or state of a subject Show what something or someone does It is the most important part of a sentence

Classes of verbs Lexical verbs Primary verbs Modal verbs

Lexical Verbs Also known as full verbs Most lexical verbs have regular endings for forming past and present Examples: run, eat, think, talk, walk, etc -I walk to school everyday

Primary Verbs Can function both as auxiliary and main verb Examples: do, have, be Example of main verbs function; - every atom has a dense nucleus Example of auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) ; - He doesn’t look at the numbers

Modal Verbs Function only as auxiliary verbs Examples: shall, can, could, will, etc Do not have participles/ infinitives Can modify the grammatical mood of verb

Stative Verbs Static: no duration/ no distinguished endpoint Examples : - I am tired - I have two children Both sentences above do not show any duration and no distinguished endpoint

Stative verbs includes ; a) Verbs about mental activity such as believe, forget, know, etc. Example: He believes in god b) Verbs which describes emotional state: desire, hate, love, like, etc. Example: She loves her parents

c) Certain other verbs such as belongs, cost, fir, include, mean, need, etc. Example: This book belongs to me d) Verbs of perception such as see, hear, smell, feel Example: can you hear that music?

Three important meaning of the Present simple tense Three important meaning of the Present simple tense Present simple tense A present state A present habit A present event

A Present State Generally true Indicate a state which exists Something true for present, past and future Example: California is in America

A Present Habit an action that repeat regularly Example : - I study for 2 hours every night

A Present Event Event in which happen at very moment of speaking Usually used when we describe what we are saying or offering Example: - I regret that I made the mistake

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