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Verbs (Types)
- A word that conveys an action, event or
state of being.
- Action
- Verbs expressing
action, something that
a person, animal,
force of nature, or
thing can do.
- Blinking, running,
clapping, blowing
- Lucy was running to
the train station as
she was late.
- Saying
- Verbs that
replace 'said'. It
can be used to
express emotions.
- Yelling,
whispering,
shouting,
singing.
- Isabel was
shouting as
it was loud.
- Sensing
- Verbs that relate
to how
something looks,
feels, sounds,
tastes or smells.
- Hear, smell,
taste, feel, see.
- This coffee
tastes delicious.
- Relating
- Verbs that indicate
the relationship
that exists between
two things.
- Be, consist,
compromise.
- A latte consists
of an espresso
shot of coffee
and milk.
- Auxiliary
- Verbs that help
other verbs. They
allow sentences to
be written in
different tenses,
moods and voices.
- Be, do, have, will,
shall, would, should,
can, could, may.
- I should study hard
to get a good result.
- Finite
- Verbs that have
a definite
relation with the
subject or
nouns. They
can show tense,
person, or
singular plural.
- I go, she/he
goes, he/she
went.
- She goes to
dancing twice
a week.
- Non-finite
- Verbs that are
not the main
verb of a
sentence as they
do not talk about
the action that is
being performed.
- To go, going.
- She wants
to go to
dancing
lessons.