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    Unit 04: Main Verbs

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    Post by nuhru_1098 Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:21 am

    Main verbs are also called "lexical verbs".

    Main verbs have meaning on their own (unlike helping verbs). There are thousands of main verbs, and we can classify them in several ways:

    TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS

    A transitive verb takes a direct object: Somebody killed the President. An intransitive verb does not have a direct object: He died. Many verbs, like speak, can be transitive or intransitive. Look at these examples:

    transitive:

    I saw an elephant.
    We are watching TV.
    He speaks English.

    intransitive:

    He has arrived.
    John goes to school.
    She speaks fast.

    LINKING VERBS

    A linking verb does not have much meaning in itself. It "links" the subject to what is said about the subject. Usually, a linking verb shows equality (=) or a change to a different state or place (>). Linking verbs are always intransitive (but not all intransitive verbs are linking verbs).

    Mary is a teacher. (mary = teacher)
    Tara is beautiful. (tara = beautiful)
    That sounds interesting. (that = interesting)
    The sky became dark. (the sky > dark)
    The bread has gone bad. (bread > bad)

    DYNAMIC AND STATIVE VERBS

    Some verbs describe action. They are called "dynamic", and can be used with continuous tenses. Other verbs describe state (non-action, a situation). They are called "stative", and cannot normally be used with continuous tenses (though some of them can be used with continuous tenses with a change in meaning).

    Dynamic Verbs

    hit, explode, fight, run, go

    Stative Verbs

    be
    like, love, prefer, wish
    impress, please, surprise
    hear, see, sound
    belong to, consist of, contain, include, need
    appear, resemble, seem

    REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

    This is more a question of vocabulary than of grammar. The only real difference between regular and irregular verbs is that they have different endings for their past tense and past participle forms. For regular verbs, the past tense ending and past participle ending is always the same: -ed. For irregular verbs, the past tense ending and the past participle ending is variable, so it is necessary to learn them by heart.

    One way to think of regular and irregular verbs is like this: all verbs are irregular and the so-called regular verbs are simply one very large group of irregular verbs.

    Often the above divisions can be mixed. For example, one verb could be irregular, transitive and dynamic; another verb could be regular, transitive and stative.
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    Post by markitus_11 Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:53 pm

    OH! I didn't kwon this

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