Thursday, March 19, 2020

VERB



                                                                              VERB
Verb – The word which tells something about noun or pronoun is said to be verb.
                                e.g. –
                                                Shyam reads a book.
                                                She writes a letter.
                                                                In the above sentence, ‘reeds’ verb tells that Shyam that is a noun, reads a book and ‘writes’ verb tells that she that is a pronoun, writes a letter.

                                There are two kinds of verb –
a)      Auxiliary verb or Helping verb or Anomalous verb
b)     Main verb or Principal verb or Full verb

Auxiliary verb – The word which helps the main verb is said to be auxiliary verb.

                                The total number of auxiliary verbs is 24 –
                                                Is, am, are, was, were, has, have, had, do, does, did, shall, should, will, would, can, could, may, might, must, need, dare, used, ought to

Main verb – The word which shows an action or state of being is said to be main verb.

                                There are two kinds of main verb –
a)      Transitive verb
b)     Intransitive verb

Transitive verb – The verb used with an object is called a transitive verb.
                                Or, A transitive verb is a verb in which the action does not stop with the subject but transits from Subject to the Object of the sentence.
                                e.g. –
                                                Ram eats rice. I love you.
                                                He has helped my brother. I know this.

Ø  Ditransitive verb – A transitive verb that takes two objects is called a ditransitive verb.
e.g. –
                He gave me a book.
                He gave a book to me.

Intransitive verb – The verb used without an object is called an intransitive verb.
                                Or, An intransitive verb is a verb in which the action stops with the subject and does not transit from Subject to the Object of the sentence.

Causative verb – When the agent does not act himself, on the contrary, gets the work done by others, the verb in use is said to be causative verb.
                                There are three causative verbs –
·         Make
·         Get
·         Have
e.g. –
                He makes me laugh.
                He is making me laugh.
                He has made me laugh.
                He has been making me laugh for two hours.
                He made me laugh.
                He was making me laugh.
                He had made me laugh.
                He had been making me laugh for long a time.
                He will make me laugh.
                He will be making me laugh.
                I was made to laugh.
                We were made to play.
                He will have made me laugh.
                He will have been making me laugh for 15 days.
                Get your hair cut.
               Have your hair cut.
                I get a house built.
                I have a house built.
                I am getting a house built.
                I am having a house built.
                I have got a house built.
                I have had a house built.
                I was getting a house built.
                I was having a house built.
                I had got a house built.
                I had had a house built.
                I shall get a house built.
                I shall have a house built.
                I shall be getting a house built.
                I shall be having a house built.
                I shall have got a house built.
                I shall have had a house built.


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