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Flashcards by Miriam González Cano, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Miriam González Cano
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| Question | Answer |
| A verb can be decsribed as... | a word used to describe an action, state or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence |
| Classification of verbs according to function: | Full Primary Modal auxiliaries |
| Syntactic classification of verbs: | Copular Intransitive Transitive |
| Semantic classification of verbs | Stative Dynamic |
| Regular verbs usually have _____ morphological forms: | 4 Base form -s form -ing -ed |
| Irregular verbs may have ___ morphological forms: | 3 (cut-cuts-cutting) 5 (speak-speaks-spoke-speaking-spoken) |
| The primary verb BE has ___ morphological forms: | 8 (be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being) |
| Stative verbs often relate to... | -Thoughts and opinions -Feelings and emotions -Senses and perceptions -Possession and measurement |
| Verbs which can be used static or dynamicly: | HAVE SEE BE TASTE |
| Time vs tense | Time: universal concept Tense: grammatical category which relates the verbal action to the concept of time by inflection |
| Tenses in English | -Present simple tense -Past simple tense |
| Present simple uses: | -State -Habitual -Instantaneous -Past: historic present & communication -Future: main & subordinate clauses |
| Past simple uses: | -State -Habitual -Event -Special: attitudinal, hypothetical & indirect speech |
| Aspect is described as... | the grammatical category which refers to the manner in which the verbal action is experienced according to time |
| Aspects in English: | -Perfect -Progressive -Perfect progressive |
| Present perfect uses: | -State -Habitual -Event |
| Past perfect uses: | -State -Event -Habitual -Attitudinal -Hypothetical -Indirect speech |
| Progressive aspect uses: | -State -Habitual -Event -Special: anticipated future, WILL, attitudinal |
| Mood is described as... | the grammatical category which relates the verbal action to certain conditions, such as obligation, necessity, certainty or possibility |
| Moods in English: | -Indicative -Subjunctive -Imperative |
| Subjunctive mood forms: | -Present -Past |
| Subjunctive mood uses: | -Mandative -Formulaic |
| Voice describes... | the relationship between the action expressed by the verb and the participants identified by its arguments |
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