Verb | English Grammar Class 5 PDF Download

What is verb?

Verbs Referring to Actions: These verbs depict physical movements or actions.
Examples include: Walk, run, talk, sit, read, write, etc. These are the things we physically do.

Verbs Referring to Experiences or Feelings: These verbs describe emotions, sensations, or mental states without necessarily involving physical movement. Examples encompass: Love, hate, envy, believe, trust, feel, etc. These are the things we feel or believe.

Verbs Referring to a State or Condition: These verbs describe situations or states of being.
Examples comprise: Am, is, are, was, were, have, has, will be, etc. These are the conditions or states we find ourselves in.

Types of Verbs

Auxiliary Verbs/Helping Verbs

• Auxiliary verbs help other verbs make sense by changing their tense, mood, or voice.
• Examples: Am, is, are, was, were, have, has, do, will, can.
• Remember to conjugate auxiliary verbs correctly according to the tense of the sentence.
• Some auxiliary verbs can also be used as main verbs.
• Modal verbs, a type of auxiliary verb, express possibility, probability, capability, or necessity.

Modal Verbs

• Modal verbs indicate possibility, probability, capability, or necessity.
• Examples: Can, could, will, would, may, might, should, must, ought to.

Phrasal Verbs

• Phrasal verbs are combinations of verbs and prepositions that act as verbs.
• Examples: Go by, lay off, log in, get off, run out, go all out, think through, etc.

Linking Verbs

• Linking verbs connect the subject to other parts of the sentence, such as objects, adjectives, or prepositional phrases.
• Examples:
  1. Connecting nouns to other nouns: "Danny is my brother."
  2. Connecting nouns to prepositional phrases: "The children were in the park."
  3. Connecting nouns/subjects to adjectives: "Your presentation was excellent."
  4. Connecting subjects/nouns to predicates using 'seem' or 'become': "This book seems interesting." "The students became bored."

Different Categories of Verb

Regular Verbs and Irregular Verbs

Transitive Verbs and Intransitive Verbs

Verb Forms

Root Verb

Simple Present (Third Person Singular )

Present Participle 

Simple Past 

Past tense form of the verb, often formed by adding "ed" or through irregular forms.
Example: "Nelson bought the car."

Past Participle

 Used in perfect tense forms, can be same as past tense or different.
Example: "I have searched the loft."

Gerunds 

Verbs with "ing" used as nouns or with auxiliary verbs to show continuous action.
Example: "Walking every day is good exercise."

Infinitives 

Verbs with "to" used as nouns or with verbs to express purpose.
Example: "I like to dance."

Active Voice and Passive Voice

Active voice: Subject performs the action, passive voice: subject receives the action.
Example: Active - "The doctor checked the patient."
Passive - "The patient was checked by the doctor."

Conjugating Verbs in English - Tense Forms:

Verbs change form to represent present, past, and future, and can be simple, continuous, perfect, or perfect continuous.