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Monday, March 28, 2011

verb


VERBS   
    verbs is word that expresses what someone or something does,what they are or what happens to them....

    Verb can be categorized into 4 types:
1)
        *Expresses what someone or something does
  
  *   * regular - end with '-ed' when the past tense & 
                       past participle forms are used
       * irregular - end with other ways when the past 
                        tense & past participle forms are used.
2)      
 
          *Non-action verb
  
 
       * be verb - comes after the subject. 
                       (am, is, are, was, were, been, being)
       * linking verb - to link the subject of a sentences 
                             with more information about the 
                             subject.
                             (smell, feel, look, sound, appear)

     * Transitive
               Require an object in the sentence, and the object 
               comes after the verb.
4)       *Intransitive
               Does not require an object
5) 
           *Auxiliary verb
             =support & give meaning to the main verbs.
             = can, could, will, would, shall, should & etc.
             =functions of auxiliary verb
                     * to express ability
                     * to express possibility
                     * to express permission
                     * to express advice
                     * to express necessity

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