Thursday 8 December 2011

Verb!!!!!

On 8th Disember 2011,Miss Zu taught us about Grammar.In grammar,we we learn about verbs.Miss Zu taught us about action verbs and non-action verbs.Action verbs can be classified into four type.There are regular,irregular transitive and intransitive verb.And non-action verb are classified into three type such as linking verbs.'be' verbs and auxiliary verbs.And we also learn about other parts of speech used as verbs,for an example,"peel the apple before you et it".Now i understand about verbs and i can identify where should i put that words in correct way.Miss Zu also give us a task to find 100 irregular verb and 100 regular verb. Oh no... I think it;s quite hard and qiute a lot.but I hope I could find it,and I made it.. I also do my research through internet and this is what I got.
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English Verbs

What is a Verb?
A verb is a word that shows action or being. Whatever you are doing can be expressed by a verb.
A sentence can have only one word as long as that word is a verb. Play! Stop! Run! 

English Verb Tenses here.
Verbs can be classified according to whether they are action verbs or linking verbs.

Action verbs
There are two types of action verbs: transitive and intransitive.

Transitive verbs
A transitive verb expresses an action and is followed by an object that receives the action of the verb.
In the following examples, transitive verbs are shown in color and direct objects of these verbs are underlined.

  • washed (what?) the car yesterday.

  • took (whom?) my sister to the movie.

  • John studies (what?) English.

    Intransitive verbs An intransitive verb expresses an action but is not followed by an object. Applying (what?) or (whom?) test to an intransitive verb shows immediately that an object cannot follow. 

  • Tom’s grades improved (what? whom?) with the help of a tutor.

  • The child cried (what? whom?) loudly.

  • The mother sang (what? whom?) to her children.


    Many verbs can be both transitive and intransitive.

    In the following examples, transitive verbs are shown in color and direct objects of transitive verbs areunderlined. Intransitive verbs are shown in color and underlined

  • John studies (what?) English.

  • John studies hard.

  • The mother sang (what?) the song to her children.

  • The mother sang to her children.

  • Linking Verbs
    Linking verbs do not show action.
    A linking verb (also called copulative verb) links or establishes a relationship between the subject and its complement. It describes or renames the subject. 

    She is angry. 
    The word is (a form of the verb to be) links the subject sheto the subject complement angry

    Linking Verb followed by predicate nouns:
  • My friend is a teacher.

  • Mike became the president of the company.

    Linking Verb followed by predicate adjectives:

  • feel nervous.

  • That pie tastes delicious.

    List of common linking verbs
    appear, become, feel, get, go, grow, look, prove, remain, seem, smell, sound, taste, turn and any form of the verb be. See The verb "To Be" below.

    Only become and seem are always linking verbs. Other verbs from the list above sometimes can function as action verbs.
    In the following examples, verbs feel and taste are functioning as action verbs.

  • feel pain from the injury.

  • Taste the pie and tell me if you like it.

    To determine whether a verb is a linking verb substitute am, is, or are for the verb. If it fits – the substituted verb is a linking verb.
    In the following examples, verb feel is substituted witham.

  • feel nervous.

  • am nervous.
    Makes sense so feel is linking verb.

  • feel pain from the injury.

    • am pain from the injury. 
    • Does not make sense so feel is action verb.".... www.esldesk.com/grammar/verbs

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