4. Contents
Definition
Types of verb
Finding verb in a sentence
Transitive and Intransitive verb
Direct & Indirect object
Reflexive verb
5. Verb???
It is a Latin word
Verb comes From the word of “verbum”
A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.
Example: He ran to a store.
7. Action verb
Example:
• Ali turned the page.
• Fatima is reading
• Man Jumped.
An action verb is a verb that expresses (“What
a person or thing does”) activity of subject.
8. State verb
A state verb is a verb that expresses (“What a person or
thing is”) the state of subject.
Example:
The baby sleeps.
Fatima is a teacher.
The cat is dead.
9. Being verb
A being verb is a verb that expresses “What is done to a
person or thing “)
Example
Ali is scolded.
Fatima is caring.
Glass is broken.
10. To find the verb:
Locate the subject
Then ask yourself, “What is it doing?”
11. The boy kicked the football.
“What did the boy do?”
The verb is kicked, it’s what the boy is doing.
12. Verb consist more then one word:
In sentence a verb consist more then one word
Example
Ali will play the piano.
(Will = Helping verb, Play = Action verb)
Boy will kick the football.
(Will = Helping verb, kick = Action verb)
13. Transitive Verbs
(Passing over)
A transitive verbs is a verb that denotes an action which
passes over from the doer or subjective to an object.
Example
The horse kicked the boy.
I feel a severe pain in my head.
14. Intransitive Verbs
(Not passing over)
An intransitive verbs is a verb that denotes an action which
does not pass over to an object .
Example
The book fell.
How do you feel?
The train stop suddenly.
16. Direct object
A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of
a verb or shows the result of the action. It answers the
question "What?" or "Whom?" after an action verb.
Example
My me a
His me a
Subject Verb Direct Object
Brother Told story
father gave watch
17. Indirect object
Indirect object denotes the person to whom something is
given or for whom something is done.
Example
My a story.
His a watch.
Subject Verb Indirect Object
Brother Told me
father gave him
18. Reflexively verb
• Some time the verb used is said to be reflexively , this is because
when subject and the sane person it is used as reflexively
• A verb is reflexive when the subject and the object are the
same. Since the subject and object are the same,
the verb is reflexive. Since the subject and object are different,
the verb is not reflexive.
Example
The man hurts himself.
Please keep quiet
The bubble burst.
A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb or shows the result of the action. It answers the question "What?" or "Whom?" after an action verb. An action verb with a direct object is called a transitive verb.
An indirect object precedes the direct objectand tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done and who is receiving the direct object. There must be a direct object to have an indirect object
