There are three types of verbs, the helping verbs, action verbs and non-action verbs (feeling verbs,

mind verbs and belonging verbs). The following is the summary of all the verbs Helping verbs Is, am, are, was, were, has, have, had, can, could, will, would, Action verbs Using your mouth: speak, said, talk, persuade Using your hand: complete, wave Using your body: twist, struggle Using your leg: run, go, Using your ear: listen, hear, Using your eyes: look, see Non-action verbs Know, understand, remember, enable, think Love, hate, prefer, enjoy, See, hear, smell Seem, appear, consider, satisfy, strengthen Belong, succeed

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VERBS Read these sentences on the blackboard. 1. I understand now. 2. Bala prefers the colour blue. 3. Tina smells smoke. 4. Please consider my request.

What are the verbs in the sentences? They are understand , prefers , smells , and consider . Do they refer to actions? No, they don t. They refer to states. They are known as Stative Verbs. Stative verbs refer to states, not actions.

Here are some examples of Stative Verbs. Type Thinking Feelings/ Emotions Five senses Perception Possession Underline the stative verbs 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Stative Verbs Know, understand, remember, enable, think Love, hate, prefer, enjoy, See, hear, smell Seem, appear, consider, satisfy, strengthen, Belong, succeed,

I can see the blackboard from here. Do you know what he is talking about? Jenny could smell the cake her mother was baking. I hate vegetables. Please don t give me any This book belongs to Gopal

Fill in the blanks with stative verbs. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. These fruits ________ripe. Can you _________the teacher? Do you ________what happened when you were five years old? Do these clothes ____to you? Do you _____the red shirt or the blue one?

Underline and Correct the stative verbs. A story about a young man was murdered at the middle of the night. 1. As far as I can remembered, Baker loves fruit. He like to sees it, smelling it and touching it. He could not sleep soundly if at least one piece of apple or orange didn t reach his lips. It seems like his affinity for fruit had become an obsession. People even consider him the ultimate fruit eater. But he know deep in his heart, a secret was hidden beneath.

The Helping Verbs To be , to have , to do Read these sentences in the box. 1. I am thirsty. 1. 1. They are running. They were out 2. Sally is leaving. 4. He was home

What are the verbs? They are am , is , are , Was and were . They are forms of the helping verbs to be . Read what Nellie is saying. I have my dinner at eight o clock every evening. Paul, my best friend, has his dinner at seven. My aunt had her dinner at six o clock yesterday.

Do you know what the verbs are? They are have , has and had . They are forms of the helping verbs to have They can mean possess or eat Is, am, are, was, were, has, have, had are forms of the helping verbs.

A: Do you like chocolates?Did you buy some? Does your sister like chocolates? B: Yes, I did. Yes, she does. Look at the dialogue. What are the helping verbs?

The helping verbs are Do , did and does You can use do , did and does to form questions. To make the answers negative, you add the word not . Underline the helping verbs and correct the mistakes. 1. She is walking to the car yesterday. 2. They are good children and always keep their rooms clean. 3. The boys playing soccer yesterday. 4. Billing talking on the phone a while ago. 5. Saly watch television now. 6. They have a brown dog when they were young. 7. We have lunch together every afternoon. 8. He have a small red car that he loves. 9. Did you went out yesterday? 10. Minnie do not like housework. 11. Mother do the gardening once a week.

ACTION VERBS The action verb is the word or words that expresses action or says something about the condition of the subject. All the verbs on these 2 lines have been italicized. In other words, an action verb is a part of speech that usually denotes action ("bring", "read"), occurrence ("to decompose" (itself), "to glitter"), or a state of being ("exist", "live", "soak", "stand"). Depending on the language, a verb may vary in form according to many factors, possibly including its tense, aspect, mood and voice. It may also agree with the person, gender, and/or number of some of its arguments (what we usually call subject, object, etc.). Know an action verb when you see one. Dance! Sing! Paint! Giggle! Chew! What are these words doing? They are expressing action, something that a person, animal, force of nature, or thing can do. As a result, words like these are called action verbs. Look at the examples below: Clyde sneezes with the force of a tornado. Sneezing is something that Clyde can do. Because of the spoiled mayonnaise, Ricky vomited potato salad all day. Vomiting is something that Ricky can do--although he might not enjoy it. Sylvia always winks at cute guys driving hot cars. Winking is something that Sylvia can do. The telephone rang with shrill annoying cries. Ringing is something that the telephone can do. Thunder boomed in the distance, sending my poor dog scrambling under the bed. Booming is something that thunder can do. If you are unsure whether a sentence contains an action verb or not, look at every word in the sentence and ask yourself, "Is this something that a person or thing can do?" Take this sentence, for example: During the summer, my poodle constantly pants and drools. Can you during? Is during something you can do? Can you the? Is there someone theing outside the building right now? Can yousummer? Do your obnoxious neighbors keep you up until 2 a.m. because they are summering? Can you my? What does a person do when she's mying? Can you poodle? Show me what poodling is. Can you pant? Bingo! Sure you can! Run five miles and you'll be panting. Can you and? Of course not! But can you drool? You bet--although I don't need a demonstration of this ability. In the sentence above, therefore, there are two action verbs: pant and drool.

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arise beat becom e begin bend bind bite blow break bring build burn buy can can t catch choose come deal Do draw dream drink drive

arose beat becam e began bent bound bit blew broke brough t built burned bought could couldn t caught chose came dealt did drew dreamt drank drove

Grammar Survival Kits List 1: IRREGULAR VERBS (Longman Corpus) Arisen 33. Give gave given 66. Beaten Become Begun Bent Bound Bitten Blown Broken Brought Built Burned Bought Could couldn t Caught Chosen Come Dealt Done Drawn Dreamt Drunk Driven 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. Go grow have Has haven t Hold Hide know learn leave Lend Lie Lose make meet Ride Ring Rise Run Say See Sell send went grew had had hadn t held hid knew learne d left lent lay lost made met rode rang rose ran said saw sold sent gone grown had had hadn t held hidden known learne d left lent lain lost made met Ridden rung risen run said seen sold sent 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75.

swim take teach tell think throw wake wear will write

swam took taught told though t threw woke wore would wrote

swum taken taught told though t thrown woken worn would written

MOST IMPORTANT 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. is are am can will has have do does isn t aren t can t don t was were was could would had had did did wasn t was were was could would had had Done done wasn t

weren t weren t couldn t didn t couldn t didn t

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eat fall feel fight find Fly forget forgive get Cut

ate fell felt fought found flew forgot forgave got Cut

Eaten Fallen Felt Fought Found Flown Forgotte n Forgiven Got Cut

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show Sing Sit sleep speak stand steal strike swear Hurt

showe d sang sat slept spoke stood stole struck swore Hurt

shown sung sat slept spoken stood stolen stricke n sworn hurt

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doesn didn t didn t t Verbs used as nouns too 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 show fight fly swim ride sleep dream bite Etc.

LIST 2: REGULAR VERBS (Longman Corpus) IMPORTANT: Verbs marked (*) can be used as Nouns (which do not require past tense ed) according to their usage. DO NOT add ed to verbs when they are used as Nouns. Example: Ali told us the right answer. ( ) Ali told us the right answered. () The defend of the camp was strong. ( ) The defended of the camp was strong. () 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Admire Admit Advise Allow Announce *Answer Ask *Attack Believe *Blame Breathe *Brush *Call *Care *Carry *Cause *Change *Chase Cheat *Check Admired Admitted Advised Allowed Announced Answered Asked Attacked Believed Blamed Breathed Brushed Called Cared Carried Caused Changed Chased Cheated Checked 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. die discover Discuss drop encourage enjoy Enter entertain escape examine *exchange explain explode express * face fail gather greet guess guide died discovered Discussed Dropped encouraged enjoyed entered entertained escaped examined exchanged explained exploded expressed faced failed gathered greeted guesses guided 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. *Mix Move *Murder *Offer Open Oppose Own Pack *Park Pass Persuade Pick *Play practise prefer prepare Produce promise Protect Prove mixed moved murdered offered Opened opposed owned packed parked passed persuaded picked played practised prefered prepared produced promised protected proved

21. Clean Cleaned 65. happen happened 109. Provide provided 22. Clear Cleared 66. *harm harmed 110. Pull pulled 23. Close Closed 67. hate hated 111. Punish punished 24. collect Collected 68. *Help helped 112. *Push pushed 25. Complain Complained 69. *Hope Hoped 113. Reach reached Extra 26. Complete Completed 70. Ignore Ignored 114. Received received 27. Connect Connected 71. Improve Improved 115. Recognize recognized Tip: 2 28. Consider Considered 72. Increase increased 116. reduce reduced 29. Contain Contained 73. Inform informed 117. Refuse refused 30. Continue Continued 74. introduce introduced 118. Remain remained 31. *Control Controlled 75. Invent invented 119. Remind reminded 32. *Cover Covered 76. Involve involved 120. Remove removed 33. *Crash Crashed 77. *Jump jumped 121. *Repair repaired 34. *Crack Cracked 78. *kick kicked 122. Repeat repeated 35. *cry Cried 79. kill killed 123. Replace replaced 36. *dance Danced 80. *kiss kissed 124. *Reply replied 37. decide Decided 81. *knock knocked 125. *Report reported 38. decorate Decorated 82. Laugh laughed 126. *Return returned 39. *defeat Defeated 83. Listen listened 127. Save saved 40. defend Defended 84. Live lived 128. Search searched 41. deliver Delivered 85. Look looked 129. Seem seemed 42. describe Described 86. Love loved 130. Share shared 43. Design Designed 87. Marry married 131. Smile smiled 44. develop Developed 88. Match matched 132. Talk talked IMPORTANT: Verbs marked (*) can be used as Nouns (which do not require past tense ed) according to their usage. DO NOT add ed to verbs when they are used as Nouns. Example: It is your turn to go. ( ) It is your turned to go. () My last visit to Japan was June. ( ) My last visited to Japan was June. () 133. *Taste Tasted 134. 136. Thank Thanked 137. 139. Touch Touched 140. 142. Travel Travelled 143. 145. *Treat Treated 146. 148. Try Tried 149. 151. *Turn Turned 152. Tip 1: Past tense Verbs The scariest ghost story I heard was the story about the haunted house. Last week, my friend and I are very bored so we want to hear a ghost story. Each of us decide to telling a ghost story. My friend start to told the story. The story is call Pontianak. He said, After I told you the story, you guys couldn t sleep. Ahmad s wife was pregnant. One day, his wife say, My stomach was so painful! She can t take it anymore. So the husband take his wife to the hospital but his wife felling very painful. Her husband drive faster. Finally they arriving at the hospital . The doctor helping her to get to the Emergency Ward. Use *Visit Wait *Walk Warn Want *Wash used visited waited walked warned wanted washed 135. 138. 141. 144. 147. 150. 153. *Waste Wave Watch *Work *Wish wasted waved watched worked wished

The scariest ghost story I have heard is the story about the haunted house. Last week, my friend and I were very bored so we wanted to hear a ghost story. Each of us decided to tella ghost story. My friend started to tell the story. The storywas called Pontianak. He said, After I tell you the story, you guys can t sleep. Ahmad s wife was pregnant. One day, his wife said, My stomach is so painful! She couldn t take it anymore. So the husband took his wife to the hospital but his wife felt very painful. Her husband drove faster. Finally they arrived at the hospital . The doctor helped her to get to the Emergency Ward. 1. Use past tense verbs when you are describing your past action, past feeling or past experience. 2. Use present tense in dialogue. 3. Observe other grammar rules such as the boss words, +ing verbs and perfect verbs to change your verb forms.

Do nt dis tur b on me . (x) We mu st rea ch to sc ho ol ear ly. (x) -I enj oy a lot. (x) Yo u be ha ve he re. (x ) Sh e inj ure d in th e for est .

Do nt dis tur b me . ( ) We mu st rea ch sc ho ol ear ly. ( ) -I enj oy my sel fa lot. ( ) Yo u be ha ve yo urs elf he re. ( ) Sh e inj ure d he rse

(x) -I do nt lik e. (x) -I wo uld ap pr eci ate if yo u hel p me . (x) -I arr ive d my ho us e. (x) Sh e ga ze d th e sky . (x)

lf in th e for est . ( ) -I do nt lik e it. ( ) -I wo uld ap pr eci ate it if yo u hel p me . ( ) -I arr ive d at my ho us e. ( ) Sh e ga ze d at th e sky .

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Extra Tip: 3 Some transitive verbs have meanings which require two objects, an indirect object (person) and direct object(thing) y I went up to the policeman and gave him the wallet I had found y She lent us enough money to get home. y I gave it to the policemen. y We bought hats for all the children at the party. Ask, book, bring, buy, charge, fetch, get, give, grant, hand, leave, make, offer, promise, take, teach, tell, throw, write Extra Tip: 4 -I heard someone said the driver was drunk. (x) -I heard someone say the driver was drunk. ( ) -I saw someone fell down just now. (x) -I saw someone fall down just now. ( ) 1. In active clause, see, watch, feel, hear, overhear, notice, observe, saw, heard must follow theoriginal verb. Base Form Simple Past Past Participle Today I ... Yesterday I ... I have ... _________________________________________________________

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be ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ catch cut ____________ eat fall go hit ____________ make run see ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ bring

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____________ bitten ____________ ____________ bought ____________ ____________ drunk ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ lost _____________ ____________ ____________ shot slept told written ____________ ____________