4. Verb
A word or group of word that is used to describe
an action, a state, a process, and experience .
Verbs show action or state of being.
Examples: go, is
An action verb expresses a physical or mental
action.
Example: He paints.
We thought about it.
5. 1. Regular verb and Irregular verb
2. Transitive and Intransitive verb
3. Special verb
4. State verb
5. Linking verb
6. Phrasal verb
7. Verb tenses
8. Gerund and Infinitive verb
In English verb is divided in to three types. There are
the main verbs ,the Auxiliaries (helping) and Modal
Auxiliaries. But enable easy to understand I divided
eight verbs .
6. 1. Regular verb and Irregular verb
Regular verb Irregular verb
Walk
Note
Stop
Relax
Visit
Plan
Kill
Kiss
Sound
Need
Be
Go
Speak
See
Run
Drive
Do
Have
Buy
Irregular verbs are verbs that don't take on the regular –
d, -ed, or -ied spelling patterns of the past simple (V2) or
past participle (V3). Many of the irregular V2 and V3 forms
are the same, such as: cut - cut, had - had, let - let, sold-
sold, fed- fed…
7. 2.Transitive and Intransitive Verb
Transitive
Transitive verb or Object Verb is a verb that needs to be
followed by an object, often a noun ,pronoun, or a noun
phrase.
Example take , smoke , kill , teach , catch, eat,…
Thearith throws the football.
Transitive verb Direct Object
what?
8. Intransitive verb
An Intransitive verbs is one that has a complete meaning
By itself.
Example: I talk, I understand, She sleep, We work.
She sleep alone ?
She cries.
Intransitive verb
9. 3.Special verb
Special verbs are helping verb that can be add to make a
single verb phrase to express the certain tense of meaning.
There are two kinds of special verb:
Auxiliary verb(helping)
Modal Auxiliary verb
10. Auxiliary verb
Auxiliary verbs are verbs which are use in forming
tenses in affirmative negative and in question of
the present simple and simple past tense.
Be , do ,and have
To Be To Do Have
Am , Is , Are
Usage to create
progressive tense and the
passive voice.
EX. We are studying Part
of speech.
The room is cleaned by
Tom.
Do , Does
Usage to make question
or negative form for main
verb
EX. I don’t go to school.
Do you go to school?
Have has
Usage to create perfect
tense form.
I have live in Cambodia
for 5 years.
He has visit the Angkor
Wat for several times.
11. Modal Auxiliary verb
• Modal Auxiliary verb belongs to the larger category a auxiliary
verb . There are use as conjunction with another verb(before the
base form of the main verb).
• There are can, could, may, might , shout , ought to, had better ,
must , have to , will , shall , should , may /might have , could have ,
would have , must have , should have , ought to have.
12. 4.State verb
State verbs are verb that give an expression in the condition
of life , want, mental ,state , senses ,and opinion.
It is not used in progressive tenses.
Example
I believe that you are very cleaver.
I don’t think that he is telling the truth.
Do you remember me?
..
14. 5. Linking verb
Linking verb is a verb that need to be follow by a
complement often and adjective or adjective phrase.
Such as: feel , look , To Be ,get , come …….
Example
I feel sick.
Nita look beautiful.
You are clever.
15. 6. Phrasal verb
A phrasal verb is a verb plus a preposition or adverb which
creates a meaning different from the original verb.
I talked my mother into letting me borrow the car.
She looked the phone number up.
16. Phrasal verb have
Come Back Pack up
Come on Make up
Come down Take up
Get up Take on
Go on Turn on
Keep on Turn off
Keep Out Pick up
Look For Use up
17. 7. Verb Tenses
The tense of a verb tells when an action takes place.
A present tense of a verb names an action that
happens regularly. It can also express a
general truth.
Present Tense Forms
Singular
I race.
You race.
He, she, or it races.
Plural
We race.
You race.
They race.
18. The tense of a verb tells when an action takes place.
A past tense of a verb names an
action already happened.
The past tense of many verbs is formed by
adding –ed to the base form of the verb.
Singular
I raced.
You raced.
He, she, or it raced.
Plural
We raced.
You raced.
They raced.
Past Tense Forms
19. A future tense of a verb names an
action that will take place in the
future.
In the future tense the word will is used
with the verb. Sometimes shall is used
when the pronoun I or we is the subject.
Future Tense Forms
Singular
I will (shall) go.
You will go.
He, she, or it will go.
Plural
We will (shall) go.
You will go.
They will go.
20. 8. Gerund and Infinitive
Gerund is verb that use as a noun.
Gerund can be used as subject or object.
Example:
Jogging is a hobby of mine.
Daniel quit smoking a year ago.
I look forward to helping you paint the house.
21. Infinitive verb
A verb that appears with a to before it. An infinitive is
usually used as an object following the verb but can also be
used at the beginning of a sentence as a subject.
Ex: to buy, to hear, to travel….
You promised to buy me a diamond ring.
To travel around the world requires a lot of time
and money.
