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VERBS
types of verbs
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04/17/2023

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Verb
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Describes an action, state, or occurrence such as TO hear, TO become, TO happen.
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Verb "To Be" infinitive- Conjugation: Present Participle
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Being
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Verb "To Be" infinitive- Conjugation: Past Simple
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Was/Were
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Verb "To Be" infinitive- Conjugation: Past Participle
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Been
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Verb "To Be" infinitive- Conjugation: Present Form
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Is Am Are
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Past Participles
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A participle that expresses completed action. ending in -ed or -n (raised, thrown.) usually uses "have" or "to be" verbs with it/in front of it. (I jumped vs I HAVE jumped.)
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Participle
Definition
(past tense) A word formed from a verb (going, gone, being, been) (verb conjugations)
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present tense
Definition
Shows the time an action took place (past, present, future)
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present participle
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does not show the time frame of an action. (more general/vague)
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Auxiliary Verbs
Definition
Be, Have, and Do (helps the main verb.)
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Modal verbs
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CAN, MUST, WILL. may, must, ought to, am, is, are, were, shall, will, should, ought to, could, might, have to, etc.) (Aux verbs that express modality)
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Transitive Verbs
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A type of action verb that transfers its action to another noun. (the direct object.) EX: the teacher TAUGHT a lesson.
(A lesson receives the action form taught)

-Requires an object for it to make sense/complete its meaning.
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Intransitive verb:
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Does NOT have a direction action. Verb that indicated a complete action without being accompanied by a direct object. (agree, collapse, cost, cry, emerge, explode.)
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Gerund
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not a verb, but looks like one. it's an adjectives, adverbs, and nouns in disguise. ends in -ing. used as a noun; activity in general.
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Infinitive
Definition
Also verbs that can appear as something else. Has the FORM of a verb, but is not always USED as a verb. Can also be a noun, adjective, or adverb. And is always "To" plus a verb.
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