Tuesday, April 12, 2011

verbs

action verbs

  • regular - end in '~ed'
  • irregular - end in other way than '~ed'
  • transitive - require an object
  • intransitive - do not require an object
non-action verb

  • linking verb - join the subject to the rest of sentence
  • 'be' verb - am, is, are, was, were
  • auxiliary verb - can,could, will, would, should
function :

  • to express ability
  • to express possibility
  • to express permission
  • to express advice
  • to express necessity

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