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1. VERBS are the most important component of the sentence .Simply
a verb talks about subjects performs action as well as state of being
of subject.
2. A verb may tell us
a. What a person or a thing does.
Ali laughs.
The clock strikes.

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b. What is done to the person or thing
He pushed the car.
He praised ALI.
Here action is performing on object
c. What a person or a thing is.
He is a boy.
She is a honest among us.
Here a noun “boy” and an adjective “honest” give the information about
subject.

VERBS AND ITS TYPES
TYPES OF VERBS
AUXILARAY LINKING STATIVE VERB
TRANSITIVE IN TRASITIVE
REGULAR VERB IREGULAR VERB
DYNAMIC VERB
MODAL VERB

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 REGULAR verbs form their past tense as well as past participle by
linking “ED” with to present tense.
 Defeat Defeated Defeated
 Develop Developed Developed

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These verbs generally form their past tense and past participle by
changing vowel words
present form past tense past participle
Give Gave Given
COME CAME Come

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 Helping verbs perform two role.
1.They indicate state of being.
 2.they bind us in timeframe.

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STATE OF BEING OF SUBJECT
 ALI is.
Can it give a complete sense?
we need a complement to complete sentence.
 Ali is cricket player.
 Here the word “cricket player” talks state of Ali as a complement.

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STATE OF TIME FRAME
 when we communicate with each other we talk with some
reference and time .WITHOUT MAIN VERBS and specially
HELPING VERB we can not convey our message.
 HELPING VERBS ARE:
Is,am,are,has,have,had,was,were,will,shall,have been
Has been,will have been,shall have been….

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STATE OF TIME FRAME
USE OF Have Has :
They talk about the work which is completed at present and
something which is recently done.
I have just got up.
They have played well.
Use Of Had:
They talk about the work which is completed in past.
When I came there they had gone.
They had not completed their task.

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STATE OF TIME FRAME
 USE OF IS, ARE AND AM:
 They talk about the work which is going on or continue AT
PRESENT.
I am talking about helping verb.
They are playing football.
 USE OF WAS AND WERE:
 . They talk about the work which is going on or continue IN PAST.
 He was playing well.
 They were doing their best.

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POSITION OF HELPING VERB
 In simple sentence it is used after the subject.
He has been going to Lahore since morning.
 In interrogative sentence it is used before the subject.
Have we done our work?
 In negative sentence the word “not” is used after the helping verb.
Ali is not taking his responsibility.

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1. Linking verb connect subject to noun or adjective unlike most of the
other verbs which tells about subject.
2. Linking verb provides some additional information about subject.
3. Examples of linking verb are “is,am ,was ,were,seems,feels ,appears” etc.
4. Linking verb are also called Verb of incomplete predication.

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EXAMPLES OF LINKING VERB
1. Ali is fussy about food.
 in this sentence subject is Ali and the linking verb is “is” Which is
connecting Ali to the subject complement “fussy about food” which is
giving additional information about Ali preference.
2. They are stubborn children.
 Here the linking verb is “are” which is combining subject They to
adjective “stubborn”.

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 DIFFRENCE BETWEEN LINKING AND HELPING VERB
2. A helping verb(also called a auxiliary verb) is a verb that use together with
main verb of the sentence to express the action.
MAIN VERB+ HELPING VERB= A COMPLETE IDEA
a) we have eaten.
in this sentence “HAVE” is the helping verb and “EATEN” is main verb
and they are use together to express action.

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 DIFFRENCE BETWEEN LINKING AND HELPING VERB
I. A linking verb connect subject of a sentence with noun and adjective
“is, am, are, was , were .becomes and feels are examples of linking
verb.
a). She is a singer.
b) She became angry.
In first example am connects subject “she” to noun “singer” and in
second example became connects subject she with adjective “angry”

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 DIFFRENCE BETWEEN LINKING AND HELPING VERB
2. b) They are working.
in this sentence “ARE” is helping verb and “WORKING’” is main
verb. They together express the complete action
In conclusion, the difference between a helping verb and a linking
verb is the following:
 The linking verb is used to connect subject which something that
describe it.

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 DIFFRENCE BETWEEN LINKING AND HELPING VERB
 The helping verb is used together with additional main verb to express
the complete action.

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 Modal Verb are the verbs that are used to talk about ability , permission
obligation and necessity , obligation and advice , possibility , request ,
offer and suggestion. Most Modal Verbs can form question and negative
sentences by themselves.

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EXAMPLES OF MODAL VERB
A. Ability
We can use “can , could and be able to” talk about the ability.
a) Can: is used in the present
He can play the guitar.
b) Could: is used in the past.
Pakistan could win the match if they had played well.

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 EXAMPLES OF MODAL VERB
B. Obligation and Necessity :
we use “Must” and “Have To” to express obligation and necessity.
a) Pakistan must play well to win the next matches.
b) We have to drive on left in Britain.

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 EXAMPLES OF MODAL VERB
C. Obligation and advice :
we use “should” , “Ought To” , “Had Better” and “Shall” to talk about
obligation and advice .
a) We should respect the elders.
b) He ought to learn to swim.
c) I have missed my last bus. What shall I do?

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 EXAMPLES OF MODAL VERB
D. Possibility :
we use “May” ,“Might” and “Could” to talk about present or
future possibility
a) There is someone at the door. It may be Sara.
b) We might go the beach tomorrow.

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 EXAMPLES OF MODAL VERB
E. Request:
we use “Can” ,“Could” and “Would” to talk about present or
future possibility
a) Can I ask you a pen?
b) Could I ask you some questions?

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 These verbs denote an actual action or expression or process done by
the subject. They mean an action which can be seen or physically felt or
the result of which is seen or physically felt by the object or an indirect
object.
a) She buys new clothes every week.
Here the verb is buys which is an action done by the subject ‘she’. Here
it is a dynamic verb.
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b) He is swimming at the beach.
Here again we have the definite action swimming done by the subject ‘he’,
making ‘swimming’ a dynamic verb in this sentence.

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 These verbs refer to the state of the subject or the situation of the
subject. Stative Verbs tell us about the state of mind of the subject, or
the relation between the subject and the object.
a) She prefers strawberry jam.
Here the Stative Verb is ‘prefers’ which shows the thinking of the
subject “she” towards the object, which is ‘jam’.

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b) The cupboard requires a new coat of paint.
Here the subject is “cupboard” and the stative verb is “requires” which is
telling about the relation between the subject “cupboard” and the
object “paint”.

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 Transitive verb is a verb that denotes an action which
passes over from subject or doer to object or receiver
in a sentence.
a) The boy kicks the football.
In this sentence the action denoted by word kick passes over from
subject “boy” to object “football”. The word kick therefore is called
transitive verb.

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b) Ali is painting the kitchen wall.
in this sentence “painting” is the transitive verb which passes over the
action from subject “Ali” to object “kitchen wall”.
 Most transitive verbs take single object(direct object).But such transitive
verb as give,ask,offer,promise,tell,etc,take two object after them ( a
direct object and a indirect object)
a) His father gave him(indirect object) a watch(direct object).

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 Intransitive verb is a verb that denotes an action
which does not pass over from subject to object.
a) He ran a long distance.
in this sentence there is an action verb “ran” but action is not pass
over from subject to object.
b) Ali is painting.
in this sentence there is an action word but action is not passed.

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 HOW TO IDENTIFY TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERB
 Ali is painting the kitchen walls.
Here the verb is “painting” and the subject is “Ali”.
If we form the question what is Ali painting?
The answer is the kitchen walls .
Thus, we see that there was a specific object on which the action of
painting was being done. So this verb is called transitive verb.

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 HOW TO IDENTIFY TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERB
 Ali is painting.
Here the verb is painting and the subject is Ali.
If we form the question what Ali painting?
There is no answer to question .
Thus, we see that there was no specific object on which the action of
painting was being done. So this verb is called intransitive verb.

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 HOW TO IDENTIFY TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERB
 I walked to the park today.
Here “walked” is a intransitive verb because “to the park” is
prepositional phrase and “today” is adverb.There is no object
in the sentence which receive the action.

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