This document provides an overview of different types of verbs in English. It defines verbs and divides them into three main categories: main verbs, auxiliaries, and modal auxiliaries. It then proceeds to explain eight specific types of verbs in more detail, including regular and irregular verbs, transitive and intransitive verbs, special verbs, state verbs, linking verbs, phrasal verbs, verb tenses, and gerund and infinitive verbs. Examples are provided to illustrate the key characteristics and uses of each verb type.
2. Verb
Definition of Verb
A word or group of word that is used to describe an
action, a state, a process, and experience .
In English verb is divided in to three types. There are
the main verbs ,the Auxiliaries and Modal Auxiliaries.
But enable easy to understand I divided eight verbs .
1. Regular verb and Irregular verb
2. Transitive and Intransitive verb
3. Special verb
4. State verb
5. Linking verb
6. Phrasal verb
7. Verb tenses
8. Gerund and Infinitive verb
3. 1. Regular verb and Irregular verb
Regular verb Irregular verb
Walk Be
Note Go
Stop Speak
Relax See
Visit Run
Plan Drive
Kill Do
Kiss Have
Sound Buy
Need
Irregular verbs are verbs that don't take on the regular –d, -ed,
or -ied spelling patterns of the past simple (V2) or past participle
(V3). Many of the irregular V2 and V3 forms are the same, such
as: cut - cut, had - had, let - let, sold-sold, fed- fed…
4. 2. Transitive and Intransitive Verb
2.1. Transitive
Transitive verb or Object Verb is a verb that needs to be
followed by an object, often a noun ,pronoun, or a noun
phrase.
Example take , smoke , kill , teach , catch, eat,…
Transitive verb Direct Object
what?
Thearith throws the football.
5. 2.2. Intransitive verb
An Intransitive verbs is one that has a complete meaning
By itself.
Example: I talk, I understand, She sleep, We work.
Intransitive verb
She sleep alone ?
She cries.
6. 3. Special verb
Special verbs are helping verb that can be add to make a
single verb phrase to express the certain tense of meaning.
There are two kinds of special verb:
Auxiliary verb
Modal Auxiliary verb
7. 3.1. Auxiliary verb
Auxiliary verbs are verbs which are use in forming
tenses in affirmative negative and in question of
the present simple and simple past tense.
Be , do ,and have
To Be To Do Have
Am , Is , Are Do , Does Have has
Usage to create Usage to make question Usage to create perfect
progressive tense and the or negative form for main tense form.
passive voice. verb I have live in Cambodia
EX. We are studying Part EX. I don’t go to school. for 5 years.
of speech. Do you go to school? He has visit the Angkor
The room is cleaned by Wat for several times.
Tom.
8. 3.2. Modal Auxiliary verb
• Modal Auxiliary verb belongs to the larger category a auxiliary
verb . There are use as conjunction with another verb(before the
base form of the main verb).
• There are can, could, may, might , shout , ought to, had better
, must , have to , will , shall , should , may /might have , could have
, would have , must have , should have , ought to have.
9. 4. State verb
State verbs are verb that give an expression in the condition
of life , want, mental ,state , senses ,and opinion.
It is not used in progressive tenses.
EX. I believe that you are very cleaver.
I don’t think that he is telling the truth.
Do you remember me?
I am knowing you..
10. State verb have
Believe Think
Feel Remember
Know Like
See Want
appear suspect
believe understand
belong want
consider wish
consist owe
contain own
prefer
11. 5. Linking verb
Linking verb is a verb that need to be follow by a
complement often and adjective or adjective phrase.
Such as: feel , look , To Be ,get , come …….
Ex.
I feel sick.
Nita look beautiful.
You are clever.
12. 6. Phrasal verb
A phrasal verb is a verb plus a preposition or adverb which
creates a meaning different from the original verb.
I talked my mother into letting me borrow the car.
She looked the phone number up.
13. Phrasal verb have
Come Back Pack up
Come on Make up
Come down Take up
Get up Take on
Go on Turn on
Keep on Turn off
Keep Out Pick up
Look For Use up
14. 7. Verb Tenses
The tense of a verb tells when an action takes place.
A present tense of a verb names an action that
happens regularly. It can also express a
general truth.
Present Tense Forms
Singular Plural
I race. We race.
You race. You race.
He, she, or it races. They race.
15. The tense of a verb tells when an action takes place.
A past tense of a verb names an
action already happened.
The past tense of many verbs is formed by
adding –ed to the base form of the verb.
Past Tense Forms
Singular Plural
I raced. We raced.
You raced. You raced.
He, she, or it raced. They raced.
16. A future tense of a verb names an
action that will take place in the
future.
In the future tense the word will is used
with the verb. Sometimes shall is used
when the pronoun I or we is the subject.
Future Tense Forms
Singular Plural
I will (shall) go. We will (shall) go.
You will go. You will go.
He, she, or it will go. They will go.
17. 8. Gerund and Infinitive
Gerund is verb that use as a noun.
Gerund can be used as subject or object.
Example:
Jogging is a hobby of mine.
Daniel quit smoking a year ago.
I look forward to helping you paint the house.
18. Infinitive verb
A verb that appears with a to before it. An infinitive is
usually used as an object following the verb but can also be
used at the beginning of a sentence as a subject.
Ex: to buy, to hear, to travel….
You promised to buy me a diamond ring.
To travel around the world requires a lot of time
and money.