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Verbs

Verbs. Noor syakirah binti johari A134427. ENTER. What you should know when you study Verbs. The meaning of verbs Classes of verbs Stative verbs Three important class of simple tense. END. What is verbs??.

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Verbs

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  1. Verbs Noorsyakirahbintijohari A134427 ENTER

  2. What you should know when you study Verbs The meaning of verbs • Classes of verbs • Stative verbs • Three important class of simple tense END

  3. 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

  4. Classes of verbs

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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?

  11. Three important meaning of the Present simple tense

  12. A Present State • Generally true • Indicate a state which exists • Something true for present, past and future • Example: California is in America

  13. A Present Habit • an action that repeat regularly • Example : - I study for 2 hours every night

  14. 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

  15. THE END

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