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Verbs Noor syakirah binti johari A134427 What you should know when you study Verbs 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 A Present Habit an action that repeat regularly Example : - I study for 2 hours every night 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 THE END