What are 8 Types of Verb? Basic Grammar Here

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  DEFINITION OF VERB

 TYPES OF VERB

• AUXILIARY VERB
• PRINCIPAL VERB
• FINITE VERB
• INFINITE VERB
• TRANSITIVE VERB 
• INTRANSITIVE VERB 
• STRONG VERB
• WEAK VERB  

What are 8 Types of Verb?

Definition of Verb

A verb is a word that denotes being, having or doing something. It denotes action and possession.

(i) Verb says what a person or thing does:

• Cow eats grass.
• He runs fast.
• She speaks English.
• We love our family.
• The clock strikes 12.
• That shopkeeper always cheats me.

(ii) Verb says what person or thing has:

• My friend has a beautiful house.
• Swayam  has  a pet dog.
• A table has four legs.
• A car has four wheels.

(iii) Verb says what a person or thing is:

• Her dress is beautiful
• His shirt is black.
• The cat is white.
• Seema is a teacher.
• Riya is very sweet girl.

8 Types of Verb English Grammar are: 👇

1. AUXILIARY VERB
2. PRINCIPAL VERB
3. FINITE VERB 
4. INFINITE VERB
5. TRANSITIVE VERB 
6. INTRANSITIVE VERB 
7. STRONG 
8. WEAK VERB             

1. AUXILIARY VERB: An Auxiliary verb is one which helps a Principal verb to form a tense or mood a voice. Hence it is also called a Helping verb. Can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must, need, used(to), ought(to), be, have and do are Auxiliary Verbs.

 Example Sentences:

• She is writing a letter.
  
• I have come to school.
  
• He does not go to school.
  
• She will sing a song.
• You must get there on time.

Auxiliary Verbs or Helping Verbs are of two types:

    i. Primary Auxiliaries: Primary  Auxiliaries Verbs are also known as  Tense Auxiliaries because they are used with the main verbs to form tenses and passive forms. They can be used both as an Auxiliaries Verbs and as a main verbs. Verb to be (am, is, are, was and were), verb to have (has have and had) and verb to do (does, do and did) are Primary  Auxiliaries Verbs .

    ii. Modal Auxiliaries: All  Auxiliaries Verbs except to be, to have and to do are Modal auxiliary verb. These verbs used to express ideas like suggestions, possibility, permissions, ability, obligations, etc.

Primary Auxiliaries	Modal Auxiliaries
1. These Verbs change their forms according to the number and person of the subject. I was swimming He is swimming. You are swimming. We are swimming. 2. Examples: To be: be, is, am, are, was, were, been, being. To have: have, has, had, and having. To do: do, does, did. 3. It has infinitive or participle forms. such as 'to be promoted', 'to be gone'.	1. These verbs do not change their forms, whatever be the number and person of the subject. I can swim. You can swim. They can swim. We can swim. 2. Examples: Can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must, need, used(to), ought(to)  3. Do not have infinitive or participle forms. such as 'we cannot say 'to can', 'to must', 'to shall'.

NOTE: All Verbs in English except Auxiliary/helping Verb are Main Verbs.

2. PRINCIPAL VERB: The Verbs which are used independently without help from other verbs are called Principal Verbs or Main Verbs.

Example Sentences:

• She is a Dentist.
• I have an umbrella.
• The food smells good.
• She does her work perfectly.
• She wills to have a first rank in her class.

These are the building block of the language. Along with the subject of the verb, they carry the most information. What is the subject doing, thinking, or feeling? The rest of the sentence s known as the predicate adds more information.

3. FINITE VERB: 

All other verbs are called Finite Verbs. Finite verb requires subjects. Finite Verbs  has a suffix at the end of the base form of the verb, and is either '– ed' for past , '- ing' for the continuous, or '– s' for the third person singular.

4. INFINITE VERB:

To verb i.e. 'to write', 'to play', 'to work', 'to eat' etc. and '– ing' verb i.e. acting, dancing, writing, playing are called non-finite or infinitive verbs. Infinite verb cannot take subject. 

Finite verb vs Infinite verb 

 

Finite Verb	Infinite Verb
Ramesh goes to school.	Ramesh does not like  to go to school.
She attended two classes	She had two classes to attend.
The mangoes taste sweet.	The mangoes are sweet to taste.
The coat is so heavy that he cannot wear.	The coat is too heavy for him to wear.
We can save India by patriotism.	Patriotism is the only way to save India

Verbs followed by infinitive to are:

agree, arrange, refuse, hope, decide, arrange, seem, care, manage, fail, attempt, forget, determine, promise, undertake, manage, regret, neglect, hesitate, etc. 

Examples:

• We hope to see you again.
• I promise to do this work soon.
• She forget to bring Maths note book.

5. TRANSITIVE VERB: A verb that requires an object to complete the meaning of the sentence is called a Transitive verb.

The baby needs milk. (Milk is the object and this object is necessary to complete the meaning of the sentence)

Example Sentences:

• He is eating rice.
• Children fly kites.
• She is singing a song.
• She is cooking food.
• He loves his grand parents.
• We have caught a thief.
• They have bought a bicycle.
• She told her mother a secret.

6. INTRANSITIVE VERB: 

A verb that does not require an object to complete its meaning of the sentence but has a complete meaning by itself is called an intransitive verb.

Example Sentences:

• The baby smiled. (The verb smiled does not need an object to complete its meaning.)
• The birds  fly.
• She is singing.
• The baby is crying.
• The lion is roaring.
• Why are you laughing?

7. STRONG VERB: Strong verbs also known as Irregular Verbs form their past tense by changing the inside vowel(s) of their present tense:           

Examples:

     Present-Past

• come - came
• know - knew
• speak - spoke
• bear -  bore
• drive - drove
• feel - felt
• begin - began
• break - broke
• choose - chose
• write - wrote

Note : There is a very simple way to of telling whether a particular verb is weak or strong. If in the past tense of the verb, there is present a final –d or –t that is not found in the present tense, it is a weak verb.

8. WEAK VERB: Weak verb also known as Regular Verbs form their past tense by adding '–ed', '-d' or '-t' to the present.

Examples:

      Present-Past

• laugh - laughed
• receive - received
• learn - learnt
• bend - bent
• fix - fixed
• love - loved
• taste - tasted
• decide - decided
• want - wanted