Lecture 10 Verb and Verb Phrase From this lecture on, we are going to talk about verb and verb phrases. We will begin with a classification of verbs and survey of tense, aspect, voice and mood of the verb so as to form some basic concepts.

1 Classification of verbs(Ⅰ) 1) Main verbs and auxiliaries Main verbs are also called notional verbs functioning as the head and indicating the basic meaning of a verb phrase. Auxiliaries fall into three categories : primary auxiliaries, modal auxiliaries and semi-auxiliaries

基本助动词有：be, do, have eg. The students were praised by the principal. Do come and join us. What did she give to Halleck for his birthday? Joan has seen that movie.

will / would, shall / should must, ought to dare need used to 情态助动词共有13个： can / could, may / might will / would, shall / should must, ought to dare need used to

You don’t have to buy a new car. He seems to be disappointed. 半助动词指兼有主动词和助动词特征的语法结构，如： I have to buy a new car. You don’t have to buy a new car. He seems to be disappointed. He didn’t seem to love her.

2) Transitive verbs, intransitive verbs and linking verbs a) Transitive verbs b) Intransitive verbs c) Linking verbs

3) Dynamic verbs and stative verbs a) Dynamic verbs b) Stative verbs

4) Single-word verbs and phrasal verbs a) Verb + preposition b) Verb + adverb particle c) Verb + adverb particle + preposition 5) Finite verbs and non-finite verbs 6) Regular verbs and irregular verbs

A survey of tense, aspect, voice and mood 1) Tense and aspect 2) Active voice and passive voice

3) Indicative mood, imperative mood and subjunctive mood 4) Finite verb phrases and non-finite verb phrases a) Finite verb phrases b) Non-finite verb phrases

Exercise in the Textbook Assignment Exercise in the Textbook