1. Verb classes Lecture 1 Yasameen Hamzah Kadhim
Master of Art in English language
College of Computer science and IT

2. Introduction Verb classes
There are three classes of verbs 1- Auxiliary verbs 2- Modal auxiliary verbs 3- Full/ lexical verbs

3. The auxiliary verbs be, do and have
Be + v.+ -ing = continuous verb forms
You are lying
Be + past participle = passive
These books are printed in Hong Kong
Activity/ insert the verb hide in a sentence showing present continuous tense.

4. do Do/does/did with simple tenses He works at bank. When does he work?
He doesn’t work at a bank.
Do/does/did express emphasis
I do like tennis
Activity/ negate the sentence below:
We like parties

5. Have + past participle= perfect verb forms
My car had broken down before. (P. perfect)
I’ll have finished soon. (future)
Activity/ give an example of present perfect tense.

6. Modal auxiliary verbs Can could may might will would
Shall should must ought to need
He must do his homework. (obligation)
I can speak French. (possibility)
I’ll help you. (willingness)
Can you help me. (request)
Activity: Can you give me an example that expresses probability by using modal verbs?

7. Lexical/ full verbs Run write read talk ….etc. He runs quickly.
* be/do/have as full verbs
I do a lot of business.
We are at school.
Activity/ does the was in the example below lexical or auxiliary verb? I was drowning, but they saved me.

8. References
Eppler.eva & Ozon.Gabriel.(2013). English words and sentences. Cambridge university press.
John & Liz Soars.(2014). Headway Upper-Intermediate. Oxford university press.

9. Thank you for listening