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00:00Hi kids! Today we will learn about verbs and their types.
00:08We know that verbs are also known as action words.
00:14And we also learned about helping verbs, which do not show any action, but they are very important in a sentence.
00:23Now we will learn about various types of verbs according to the functions they perform in a sentence.
00:31There are three types of verbs.
00:34Action verbs, also called main verbs, linking verbs, and the auxiliary verbs, also called helping verbs.
00:45The action verbs tell us what the subject is doing in the sentence.
00:50Action verbs answer the following question.
00:53What is the subject doing?
00:56For example, Michael is playing football.
01:00So, what is Michael doing?
01:03Michael is playing.
01:05So, the action verb is playing.
01:10Andy is climbing the stairs.
01:13What is Andy doing?
01:15Andy is climbing.
01:17So, the action verb is climbing.
01:21Action verbs can be further classified into transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, dynamic verbs, and stative verbs.
01:33Transitive verbs are those verbs in which the action is being done upon an object.
01:42An object is always there along with the transitive verb.
01:48She is writing a book.
01:51Here, the subject is she.
01:54And what is she writing?
01:56She is writing a book.
01:59So, a book is the object of the action in this sentence.
02:05And, writing is a transitive verb, as the action of writing is done upon the object, book.
02:13There are also sentences in which the verb is not having any object.
02:19That is, the action is not done upon any object.
02:24For example, she reads every day.
02:29So, there is no object on which the action of reading is being done upon.
02:36Such verbs are called intransitive verbs.
02:41Here is another example.
02:49Here, we know that Michael is playing, but we do not know what Michael is playing.
02:55So, playing is an intransitive verb here.
03:00Remember, those verbs which have an object are called transitive verbs,
03:06and those which do not have an object after them are called intransitive verbs.
03:14Next category of verbs, we have dynamic verbs.
03:20These verbs are used when there is an actual action or process happening in a sentence.
03:27For example, he is playing golf.
03:32Here, the act of playing golf is an action being done by the subject.
03:38This action of playing golf can be physically seen by someone.
03:44She wears glasses.
03:47Here, the act of wearing glasses by the subject can be physically seen.
03:54Now, let's learn what are stative verbs.
03:58These are the verbs that tell us about a state of mind of the subject,
04:03or describe the situation he or she is in.
04:08They can also describe the relation between the subject and the object.
04:14These verbs do not tell about an actual action happening in a sentence.
04:20For example, he hates chocolate.
04:24Here, the hatred for chocolate describes the mental condition of the subject,
04:31and not an action taking place.
04:34So, hates is a stative verb.
04:39The house requires a new coat of paint.
04:43Here, the subject is the house, and the object is paint.
04:49The stative verb describes the relationship between the subject, the house, and the object, paint.
04:58So, we learned that action verbs, or main verbs, are divided into four categories.
05:05Transitive, intransitive, dynamic, and stative.
05:11Transitive verbs have an object after them.
05:15Intransitive verbs do not have an object after them.
05:20Dynamic verbs tell us about an actual action taking place.
05:26And stative verbs mention those actions which cannot be physically seen.
05:32So, we have learned about main verbs, or action verbs.
05:37Now, the second category of verbs is linking verbs.
05:42These verbs tell nothing about the subject.
05:46Instead, link the subject to a noun or an adjective.
05:51Consider the sentence.
05:54Lisa is beautiful.
05:56Here, the subject, Lisa, is linked by the verb, is, to the adjective, beautiful.
06:04So, the verb, is, is a linking verb.
06:13Here, the linking verb, are, is linking the subject, they, to the adjective, intelligent.
06:21So, the verb, are, is a linking verb.
06:26The most common linking verbs are all the forms of the verb, be.
06:32It has seven other forms.
06:34Is, am, are, was, were, been, being.
06:41Verbs like appear, seem, taste, turn, sound, smell are also used as linking verbs
06:51as they sometimes link a subject to its complement.
06:57For example,
06:59The mushroom pizza tastes delicious.
07:03Here, the verb, taste, links the subject, mushroom pizza, to its complement, delicious.
07:11So, it's a linking verb.
07:15Here we have another example.
07:18Sam appears tired.
07:21Here, the verb, appears, links the subject, Sam, to its complement, tired.
07:29So, it's a linking verb.
07:31Now, we will be learning the third type of verbs.
07:34And, they are auxiliary verbs or helping verbs.
07:38They are also divided into two types, primary auxiliaries and model auxiliaries.
07:46Primary auxiliaries are the verbs used in forming the tenses and voices of other verbs.
07:55They include all the forms of verbs, be, do, and have.
07:59We already know that the verb, be, has seven other forms, is, am, are, was, were, been, and being.
08:10The verb, do, has two other forms, did and done.
08:16And, the verb, have, has two other forms, has and had.
08:22As we have learned in our previous sections, that helping verbs tell us about the tense and voice of the main verb.
08:31For example, I am writing a letter.
08:35Here, the verb, am, is a helping verb.
08:39And, it suggests that the subject is in singular first person and the tense is present tense.
08:48The other category of auxiliaries or helping verbs is model verbs.
08:55Model verbs are used to indicate modality.
08:59Modality allows the speakers to express certainty, possibility, willingness, obligation, necessity, or ability.
09:11The following model verbs are there in the English language.
09:15Can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, must, had to, ought to, used to, need, dare.
09:32We will learn more about model verbs and their uses in the following sections.
09:37So far now, we have learned category of verbs, action verbs, linking verbs, and helping verbs.
09:45Now you may go ahead and take a quiz to learn more.
09:49Bye-bye!