First of all, let us try to know why a verb is needed.
Read the examples given below –
Ram is eating mango.
Sita is dancing.
Mohan was punished.
Shreyas is riding bikes.
In all these examples, without the words given in blue colour, would they have any meaning?
Is it?
So all these words are telling us what we are doing by doing noun or pronoun. So we call these words Verb.
Definition of Verb
Those words in a sentence which show the action or state of being (exist, present) are known as verbs.
OR
The words which indicate the doing or the happening of some action are called verbs.
If put in simple words, whatever the subject does, has done, or will do, it is called a verb.
Three things are most important in a complete sentence –
Subject + Verb + Object
So we can say that without a verb, no sentence will have any meaning.
The verb is the essential part of any sentence.
The words given below are verbs –
Speak, go, eat, play, read, run, teach etc.
All these verbs tell you to do the work.
Is, am, are, was, were, has, have etc.
All these verbs tell the condition or condition of something.
Hari is very happy.
Ram is a clerk.
In this, the word is telling the state of Hari.
There can be no such sentence in which there is no verb.
Types of Verb
There are only two types of Sentence, a sentence in which it is told to do an action and the other which shows the state of existence of a subject.
According to this, Verbs are mainly divided into two types.
1- Action or Main Verb
2- Helping Verb
Let us understand them in detail –
Action Verb or Main Verb
It tells the action of the subject.
Examples of Main Verb
The goats are grazing grass.
Sita is swimming in the river.
In this grazing and swimming subject, goats and Sita are telling what work they are doing. So grazing and swimming are the main verbs.
Types of Main Verb
There are two types of the main verb-
- Transitive Verb
- Intransitive Verb
Transitive Verb
Such verbs which require an object to convey the whole meaning of the sentence are called transitive verbs.
Examples of the transitive verb
Sachin loves ice cream.
I caught fish.
Geeta sent a letter to her father.
The horses carry the warriors.
If we read carefully, we will find that all the sentences will be of incomplete meaning by removing blue colour words. These blue coloured words are called object deeds.
Intransitive verb
Those verbs which are complete without an object are called intransitive verbs.
Example of the intransitive verb
They swim.
The prisoner escaped.
The sun is shining.
Anshika sang.
In these verbs like swim, escape, shine sang, we can make a complete sentence without using any object.
Always Intransitively used verb – come, go, die, fall, lie, sleep, etc.
Passive voice is not formed in intransitive verbs.
Most verbs are those that become both transitive and intransitive.
Example
The parrots fly.
He flies a kite.
Arrive and die words are always used intransitively.
Helping Verb
It tells the condition status of the subject.
Examples of Helping Verb
Pan was hot.
Rama is a beautiful girl.
She is poor girl.
In this way and is subject pan and Rama’s status tells that he is hot and beautiful. “Poor” verb, indicating someone’s position. So these will be called helping verbs.
We will study more about helping verb in next section –
Types of Verb Tenses
On the basis of tens verbs are of two types –
Finite Verb Definition
As it is known from the meaning of the finite word that they are definite. The verbs with which we have to tell the time.
or
Those verbs on which the rules of tenses are applied, and changes have to be brought in them for different times.
Finite Verb Examples
Teacher spoke to student.
They robbed the landlord’s house.
He is my uncle.
Birds are flying.
Non-finite Verbs
The rules of tenses do not apply to non-finite verbs.
When the Main verb is broken into three forms, those parts were called non-finite verbs.
This is because they do not have to be changed after using them at different times.
There are three types of non-finite verbs –
- Infinitive Verb
- Participle Verb
- Gerund Verb
Infinitive Verb Definition
When to use two verbs together in a sentence.
Infinitive Verb Examples
Monu wants to play.
I am going to eat.
Participle Verb
These verbs act as adjectives in sentences.
Example of the Past Participle
Rusted door.
Painted statue.
Burned wood.
Example of the Present Participle
Playing is good.
I like reading books.
The shining bulb.
The crying babies.
Gerund Verb
When the verb itself is made, a noun in the present participle is known as a gerund verb.
Example of Gerund Verb
Swimming is good for your health.
Conclusion in short –
Infinitive = ( to + mv1 ) — Purpose
Participle = ( mv3 ) — Noun or adjective
Gerund = ( mv1 + ing ) — Verb as noun
What do we know from Verb?
- what a person or thing is doing –
Example –
Ram jumps.
Boys are playing.
2. what has been done to a person or thing –
Example – The door is painted.
3. what is the state or condition of a person or thing –
Examples –
The fish is alive.
Wires are flexible.
Note: If an answer is found by putting what or whom with verbs in any sentence, it will be a word object, and the verb is transitive.
We can use most verbs as both transitive and intransitive verbs, so it is better to say that we use a verb transitively or intransitively.
Kick the football, Mohan. —– used transitively
The ball had been kicked. —- used intransitively
The pilot landed on the plane. —— used transitively
The aircraft landed suddenly. —– used intransitively
Verbs whose subject and object are the same person are called reflexive verbs.
Examples –
Rahul killed himself.
The verb person and number –
The verb has a three-person forms –
The first – I speak.
The second – You speak.
The third – He speaks.
The verb has two numbers –
Singular — he speaks.
Plural — they speak.
Agreement of the verbs with the subject –
The verb and the subject must have the same person and number to make a sentence errorless.
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Verb FAQ’s
Answer – The adjective is a word that tells you more about a noun or pronoun.
OR
The words which describe you about the quality of Noun or pronoun.
- A Black Dog.
- A tall lady.
- She is looking beautiful.
- A colourful rainbow.
- He is very honest.
- Suresh Raina is a Cricketer.
- Dhoni is talented person.
- Modi ji is great person.
- I have gold ring.
- Madhu is my best friend.
Answer – Yes, a phrase can be formed with two words. Ex- “too slowly“, “watch TV”, “very happy” etc.
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- Bilkish is not as beautiful as Monika.
- I am as tall as my sister.
- Bikram is not as handsome as his father.
- They are as powerful as a king.
- This book is not so interesting as that.
- A cold drink is not more tasteful than coffee.
- That student was not more honest than Sohan.
- Ramu is as bad as Raman.
Answer –
1. My teacher is a very helpful person.
2. Honesty is the best way to live happily.
3. He was awarded for his bravery.
4. He is absent due to illness.
5. She will defeat them.
6. She tried to control her anger.
7. We should not laugh at disabling a person.
8. Each human has a good side and an evil side.
9. Ego is the next step of disaster.
10. Her voice was full of anxiety.
Answer –
- kind
- fear
- envy
- happy
- loyal
- ego
- grief
- excitement
- depressed
- Anger
- Forgiveness
- 12.hurt
- Laughter
- Justice
- worry
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Answer – The phrase is a group of words, can make some sense but not the whole meaning.
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Answer – You can identify a determiner depending on its relative position by checking the word which comes before a noun, not after, and any other adjectives that come before a noun.
Answer – First, we need to find out the subject and verb of the sentence.
“Ram is diving into the pool.”
Here “Ram” is the subject, and “diving” is the verb. So “Ram is diving” is a clause, and the remains “into the pool,” as this doesn’t make any sense, is the phrase of this sentence.
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Answer – As we already get the idea about phrases and idioms, you can understand how important it is to learn them.
To learn idioms and phrases first, you should listen to them carefully then try to write them down each time you learned one. The most important part is to use them frequently in your talking.
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Answer – Yes, “every” is a determiner.
Answer – Yes, Monday is a proper noun.
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Answer –
- Cute
- Dangerous
- Dark
- Good
- Dead
- Bad
- Defeated
- Attractive
- Defiant
- Horrible
- Legendary
- Hungry
- Singular
- Hurt
- Irresponsible
- Ill
- Advisable
- Important
- Favourite
- Festive
Answer – List of the degree of comparison
Positive Degree |
Comparative Degree |
Superlative Degree |
| active | more active | the most active |
| bad | worse | worst |
| beautiful | more beautiful | most beautiful |
| big | bigger | the biggest |
| black | blacker | the blackest |
| bright | brighter | the biggest |
| clean | cleaner | the cleanest |
| cleaver | cleverer | the cleverest |
| confused | more confused | the most confused |
| cruel | crueller | the cruellest |
| dark | darker | the darkest |
| difficult | more difficult | the most difficult |
| dirty | dirtier | the dirtiest |
| fascinating | more fascinating | the most fascinating |
| famous | more famous | the most famous |
| far | farther/further | the farthest/furthest |
| fast | faster | the fastest |
| fat | fatter | the fattest |
Answer – Human Noun: Jonny, Joseph, Rakesh, Michael, Justin, Tonny, Bill gates, Tarzan, Mishka, Avinash, etc.
- Nation, religion, tribe, sect nouns: Japanese, Chinese, British, Russian, Canadian, German, Hindu, Muslim, African, American, Jain, Islamic, Buddhi, Christian, etc.
- Language Nouns: Chinese, French, Arabic, Japanese, Russian, Hindi, English, Urdu, Brazilian, Punjabi, Hungarian, Tamil, etc.
- City, District, Neighborhood, street: Washington DC, Cape Town, Oakland, Britain, Delhi, Mumbai, Shanghai, Tokyo, Dhaka, etc.
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Answer – English determiners are words – such as a, an, the, each, every, etc. – that are used before nouns to signify their referents.
Answer – A word that is used before a noun to show how the noun is being used, the effect the noun has, its meaning.
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Answer – Five examples of phrases –
- Rain to stop ( she was waiting for the rain to stop)
- On the table (the book is on the table)
- To eat dinner ( he was existed to eat dinner)
- In the kitchen ( the dinner is in the kitchen)
- To be free ( he was so excited to be free from jail)
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Answer – Idioms and phrases are both groups of words. Phrases can’t stand alone without any sentence.
Idioms themselves have some symbolic meanings.
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Answer – A phrase is a group of words having no subject-verb combination.
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Answer – Determiners include articles (a, an, the ) demonstratives (this, that, those, these), pronouns, and possessive (My, your, our, its, his, her, their), quantifiers (Most, Much, More, little, less, etc.), Numbers (All, one, two.., enough, etc.) distributives (Each, every, either, neither, Both) interrogations (what, which, whose).
Answer – Today, We will learn about 9 types of Adjectives that are mainly used in English Grammar.
- Proper Adjectives.
- Quantitative Adjectives.
- Quality Adjectives.
- Demonstrative Adjectives.
- Distributive Adjectives.
- Interrogative Adjectives.
- Possessive Adjectives.
- Numeral Adjectives.
- Descriptive Adjectives.
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Answer – I am going to tell you about 11 types of pronouns.
- Personal Pronoun
- Possessive Pronoun
- Demonstrative Pronoun
- Distributive Pronoun
- Reciprocal Pronoun
- Reflexive Pronoun
- Emphatic Pronoun
- Indefinite Pronoun
- Relative Pronoun
- Interrogative Pronoun
- Exclamatory Pronoun
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Answer – A proper noun is a specific name for any particular person, place, or things For example:-
- Rohan
- Washington
- American
- British
- Parker pen
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Answer – A proper noun is a specific name for a particular place, person, organization, or thing. Proper nouns always begin with a capital letter, no matter where they have fallen in a sentence.
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Answer – Those verbs which can not tell the whole meaning of a sentence without using an object are known as a transitive verb.
Examples of Transitive Verb
PM Modi addresses the nation today.
John gave the gift to his father.
He offers a job.
Answer – Nouns generally can differentiate in two ways- concrete nouns and abstract nouns.
Here is the list of some examples of abstract nouns:
Emotions/ Feelings
Anger
Anxiety
Depressed
Excitement
Grief
Helpful
Hate
Loyal
Human Characteristics
Ego
Envy
Honesty
Beauty
Brave
Confidence
Fear
Honour
Common Abstract noun
Truth
Thought
Poverty
Need
Peace
Opportunity
Peace
Reality.
Ans: nouns generally can differentiate in two ways- concrete nouns and abstract nouns.
Here is the list of some examples of abstract nouns:
Emotions/ Feelings
Anger
Anxiety
Depressed
Excitement
Grief
Helpful
Hate
Loyal
Human Characteristics
Ego
Envy
Honesty
Beauty
Brave
Confidence
Fear
Honour
Common Abstract noun
Truth
Thought
Poverty
Need
Peace
Opportunity
Peace
Reality.
Answer – An abstract noun is the type of noun that cannot be felt with our 5 organs. We can only imagine and feel them in our imagination.
Answer – A Replacement of noun, is called pronoun. or A pronoun is a word used instead of noun.
Example – They are playing ludo.
She is my best friend.
I am her sister. etc.
Answer – An adjective often comes BEFORE a Noun:
A White car.
A Blue sky.
An exciting Book.
Sometimes an adjective comes AFTER a Verb:
A Black toy.
A tall man.
A Blue Pen.
Sushma is an attractive girl.
Answer – ‘mine’ is a Possessive Pronoun which makes sense for sense rights.
Example – You are mine.
She is mine.
This pen is mine.
Answer – All Articles, demonstratives, pronouns, and possessive, quantifiers, Numbers, distributives, interrogatives are Determiners.
Answer – The adjective form of obey is willing to follow or obedient.
Answer – अगर देखा जाये तो गोल्ड खुद में एक adjective है, क्युकी गोल्ड एक विशेष धातु है।
Example – This is Gold chain.
That is Gold watch.
ऊपर लिखे दोनों Examples में “Gold” chain और watch की विशेषता बता रहा है, परन्तु Gold का Adjective भी होता है। आइये इसे हम उदहारण से समझते है।
This is 24k Chain.
This is 22k watch.
ऊपर लिखे उदहारण में 24k और 22k “Gold” की शुद्धता या विशेषता बताने के लिए प्रयोग किआ गया है। अतः Gold का Adjective 10k, 18k, 22k, 24k इत्यादि हो सकते है।