Grammar Center
PARTS OF SPEECH
B. VERBS
A verb is a word that shows an action, or indicate existence of state of being.
3 Basic Types of Verbs:
1. Action Verbs: These words expresses action by describing the behavior of a person, place or thing. They may also describe physical or mental actions. They answer the question 'can you _____?'.
For example:
John thinks about moving to Alaska every day.
The truck driver honks his horn when vehicles swerve into his path.
2. Linking Verbs: These are words that links the subject (noun phrase) of the sentence with the rest of the sentence.
For example:
Jane is defined as a nice person.
The new cat is identified as a possible calico.
The list below shows the various forms of "to be" that functions as linking verbs:
| am | has been | would have been |
| are | have been | should have been |
| be | being | could have been |
| is | was | will have been |
| can be | could be | shall have been |
| were | has been | have been |
| shall be | should be | will be |
3. Auxilliary Verbs: These are words which are sometimes called helping verbs, they act as helpers to other verbs. They appear in front of an action verb and linking verbs.
For example:
The Girl Scouts are meeting after school today.
We have been waiting for twenty minutes in the dentist's office.
| can | may | must | shall | will | has |
| could | might | would | should | had | have |
2 Kinds of Verbs:
1. Regular verbs: These are verbs that follows the pattern of taking { -ed } for the past simple and past participle (or { -d } if the verb ends in 'e'
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