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Verb Complete Notes

This document provides comprehensive notes on verbs, including their definitions, types, forms, and tenses. It covers main, auxiliary, linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs, as well as regular and irregular verbs. Additionally, it addresses subject-verb agreement, phrasal verbs, common errors, and includes practice exercises for students.

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Verb Complete Notes

This document provides comprehensive notes on verbs, including their definitions, types, forms, and tenses. It covers main, auxiliary, linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs, as well as regular and irregular verbs. Additionally, it addresses subject-verb agreement, phrasal verbs, common errors, and includes practice exercises for students.

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Verb - Complete Grammar Notes

Complete Verb Notes


For Students and Competitive Exams

1. Definition

A verb is a word that shows an action, occurrence, or state of being.


Examples: go, eat, write, is, am, are.

2. Main Types

1. Main (Lexical) Verbs - Show action or state. (run, eat)


2. Auxiliary (Helping) Verbs - Help main verbs form tenses. (be, have, do)
3. Linking Verbs - Connect subject with complement. (is, seem)
4. Transitive Verbs - Need object. (He reads a book.)
5. Intransitive Verbs - No object. (He sleeps.)

3. Forms of Verbs

| Base | Past | Past Participle | Present Participle |


|------|------|----------------|----------------|
| go | went | gone | going |
| eat | ate | eaten | eating |
| write | wrote | written | writing |

4. Regular and Irregular

Regular Verbs: add -ed (play -> played)


Irregular Verbs: change completely (go -> went -> gone)

5. Finite and Non-Finite

Finite verbs change with tense and subject. (He plays)


Non-finite verbs do not change. (to play, playing, played)
Verb - Complete Grammar Notes

6. Verb Tenses

Verbs express time (present, past, future).


Each tense has 4 forms:
- Simple: She writes.
- Continuous: She is writing.
- Perfect: She has written.
- Perfect Continuous: She has been writing.

7. Subject-Verb Agreement

1. Singular subject -> singular verb. (He plays)


2. Plural subject -> plural verb. (They play)
3. 'Each', 'Everyone' -> singular verb. (Everyone is ready.)

8. Phrasal Verbs

A verb + preposition/adverb that changes meaning.


Examples:
- give up = quit
- look after = take care of
- put off = postpone

9. Common Errors

1. He do his work. -> He does his work.


2. She is write. -> She is writing.
3. They was late. -> They were late.

10. Practice Exercises

Fill in the blanks with correct verb form:


1. She ____ (go) to school daily.
2. They ____ (play) football yesterday.
Verb - Complete Grammar Notes

3. We ____ (finish) our work.


4. The sun ____ (rise) in the east.

11. Summary Table

| Type | Function | Example |


|------|-----------|----------|
| Main | Shows action | He runs. |
| Auxiliary | Helps verb | He is running. |
| Linking | Connects parts | She is tall. |
| Transitive | Needs object | He reads a book. |
| Intransitive | No object | He sleeps. |

12. Conclusion

Verbs are the backbone of English grammar.


They express actions, states, and occurrences, forming the foundation for sentence structure and
tense usage.

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