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Verbs
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What you should know when you
study Verbs
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What is verbs??
Words used to show performance of an
action, existence, possession or state of a
subject
 Show what something or someone does
 It is the most important part of a
sentence
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Classes of verbs
Classes of
verbs
Lexical
verbs
Primary
verbs
Modal
verbs
Lexical Verbs
Also known as full verbs
 Most lexical verbs have regular endings
for forming past and present
 Examples: run, eat, think, talk, walk, etc
-I walk to school everyday
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Primary Verbs
Can function both as auxiliary and main
verb
 Examples: do, have, be
 Example of main verbs function;
- every atom has a dense nucleus
 Example of auxiliary verbs (helping verbs)
;
- He doesn’t look at the numbers
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Modal Verbs
Function only as auxiliary verbs
 Examples: shall, can, could, will, etc
 Do not have participles/ infinitives
 Can modify the grammatical mood of
verb
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Stative Verbs
Static: no duration/ no distinguished
endpoint
 Examples :
- I am tired
- I have two children
 Both sentences above do not show any
duration and no distinguished endpoint
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Stative verbs includes ;
a) Verbs about mental activity such as
believe, forget, know, etc.
Example: He believes in god
b) Verbs which describes emotional state:
desire, hate, love, like, etc.
Example: She loves her parents
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c) Certain other verbs such as belongs,
cost, fir, include, mean, need, etc.
Example: This book belongs to me
d) Verbs of perception such as see, hear,
smell, feel
Example: can you hear that music?
Three important meaning of the
Present simple tense
Present
simple tense
A present
state
A present
habit
A present
event
A Present State
Generally true
 Indicate a state which exists
 Something true for present, past and
future
 Example: California is in America
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A Present Habit
an action that repeat regularly
 Example :
- I study for 2 hours every night
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A Present Event
Event in which happen at very moment of
speaking
 Usually used when we describe what we
are saying or offering
 Example:
- I regret that I made the mistake
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