Verbs in English

Whenever the direct object is linked with the action or doing words, such verbs are known as transitive verbs. They always need a direct object to express the action.

Examples:

1. Amit wrote a letter. In this example, “letter” is a direct object and the action is “writing”. Hence, “wrote” is a transitive verb.
2. My mother washed the vessels. Here, object is “vessels” and the transitive verb is “washed”.

These are just opposite of transitive verbs. That means, any direct object is not at all required to justify the action.

Examples:

1. It is thundering. Here, there is no direct object. Action is “thunder”. Hence, verb is “thundering”.
2. The thief ran. Here, action is “to run”. Hence, verb is “ran”.

Literal meaning of dynamic is movement. Dynamic verbs also contain the same meaning. It is the verb that is mainly used to symbolize any sort of action or a movement.

Examples:

1. Annie is playing Badminton. Here, the verb “playing” is showing a kind of movement. Hence it is a dynamic verb.
2. Maria is going to school. Here, the verb “going” is a movement. Hence it is a dynamic verb.

As we all know, a sentence is comprised of two parts  i.e., the subject and the predicate. These verbs are basically linking the two parts of a sentence.

Examples:

1. Anil is excited about his results. Here, “excited” is the linking verb.
2. The eggs smell rotten. Here, “smell” is the linking verb.

These are also known as helping verbs because they are a kind of helper to the main verb as most of the tenses are formed by them

Examples:

1. Jyoti is writing a letter to her friend. Here, the Main verb is “writing” and auxiliary verb is “is”.
2. Why are you laughing?  Here, the Main verb is “laughing” and auxiliary verb is “are”.

There are three forms of verbs depending upon its usage in sentence according to the tense.

• Base Form  : The Base form of verb is the simplest and first form of the verb , without any special endings .it is also known as the root form of the verbs.  It does not have any sort of prefixes or suffixes.( such as –s, -ing, -en)
• Past Simple:  The Past simple is the second form of verb that is usually formed by adding d, ed or ied to the base form of the verb.  Sentences that depict actions which were started in the past as well as ended in the past carry such form of verbs.
• Past Participle: The Past participle is the third form of verb and  is created by adding  at-ed, -d, -t to the base form of  a regular verb. The past participle is also used with the auxiliary verbs  like has, have, or had  to express the perfect aspect.

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