The Verb
Definition Of Verb:
A verb is an action or express word. It indicates the action or express in the present, past and future tenses.
The Principal Parts Of Verbs
Verbs have four principal parts of verbs or fundamental forms that are used to create a tense
List Of Verbs
| Present | Past | Past Participle | Present Participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| abandon | abandoned | abandoned | abandoning |
| accept | accepted | accepted | accepting |
| go | went | gone | going |
| take | took | taken | taking |
| become | became | became | becoming |
| cut | cut | cut | cutting |
| read | read | read | reading |
| complete | completed | completed | completing |
| delete | deleted | deleted | deleting |
Agreement Of The Verb With The Subject
Definition:
A verb must agree with its Subject in Number and Person. When we use a verb, we have to say who or what is doing the action. This ‘who or what’ is the subject of the verb. The subject and the verb agree when they match each other.
Singular Verb
Use a singular verb if the subject is a singular noun.
Examples Of Singular Verb.
| John goes to office | She eats a mango |
| The poet composes poetry | They build a temple |
This form of the verb is called the third person singular. You use it when the subject of the verb is not you or the person you are speaking to, but some other person – a third person – or a thing. The third person singular verbs that end in ‘s’
Examples
| Runs | Waits | Goes | Rings |
Examples
| My uncle and guardian has come | Mom and Dad love us |
Plural Verb
Use a plural verb if the subject is a plural noun. Do not add s, es or ies to plural verbs. Plural verbs are also used with the pronouns I, we, you and they.
Examples
| My brothers listen to music a lot | Some people drink coffee |
| The stars shine brightly on a clear night | Some children learn very fast |
| I listen to music a lot | We drink tea on every day |
| You eat well | They build a temple |
The Verb gives us what people, animals or things are doing. It has six basic verb forms :
The Six Basic Verb Forms
Examples
| Base Form | walk | go |
|---|---|---|
| Present | walk / walks | go / goes |
| Past | walked | went |
| Infinitive | to walk | to go |
| Present Participle | walking | going |
| Past Participle | Walked | gone |
Base Form
The base form is the source for the present, infinitive, and past participle of the verb.
Present :
This refers to something that is existing or happening now or happens routinely.
Examples
| I do my homework daily |
| He goes to temple |
The main difference between the present and base forms is that the third-person singular present form adds -s or -es to the base form of the verb;
Past :
This form of a verb is used to indicate that something has already been completed.
Examples
| I did my homework | He went to temple |
Infinitive :
The infinitive of a verb consists of to 1 its base form.
Examples
| to buy | to get | to go |
Past Participle:
This is formed by regular verbs or irregular verbs. It is used with the helping verb such as has, have or had.
Examples
| I have completed my homework |
| She has come home |
Present Participle:
This is formed by adding -ing to the end of present verbs. It is used with forms of the verb to be, such as am, is, are, was, or were. This expresses an ongoing action
Examples
| I am going to school |
| He is playing cricket |
The verbs of a simple sentence
Verb is a core of every sentence. Without verb, a group of words is only a fragment of a sentence instead of a complete sentence. Even if a sentence contains only one word, that word must be a verb:
Examples
| Run! | Wait! | Go! | Ring! |
Every verb must have a subject, expressed or understood. The subject of a verb is to assert something about its subject that is, to tell what the subject does (did, will do) or that the subject is (was, will be) something.
Subject + verb
Examples
| Subject | Verb |
|---|---|
| Horse | eats |
This sentence consists of one clause. The clause has two parts, a Subject and a Verb. But this is not a complete sentence.
Subject + Verb + Object
Examples
| Subject | Verb | Object |
|---|---|---|
| Horse | eats | grass |
The object of a clause is normally comes after the verb. This sentence is a complete sentence. The grass is clearly affected by the action of eating