Grammar Terms Related To Verbs

How can an adjective be used with linking and action verbs?

A linking verb can be followed by just an adjective, while an action verb cannot.

What is a model auxiliary verb?

A model auxiliary verb is a verb that expresses necessity or possibility.

Can a non-finite verb be the main verb in a sentence?

A non-finite verb CANNOT be the main verb in a sentence.

What is a participle?

A participle is a form of a verb that is used to indicate a past or present action, and it can also be used like an adjective. They most often ends in -ing or -ed.

What is a predicator verb?

A predicator verb is the main verb and is the head of a verb phrase.

What is a regular verb?

A regular verb is a verb that forms its past tense and past participle by adding -d or -ed (or in some cases -t) to the base form: "We finished the project." "He built the barn."

What is the name of a verb that can function as a noun?

A verb that can function as a noun is called A GERUND.

What is a verb that expresses a tense called?

A verb that expresses tense is called a FINITE VERB.

What is a verbal?

A verbal is verb that functions in a sentence as a noun, adjective or adverb. -gerund, infinitive, participle-

What class of words expresses quality, quantity, or extent?

ADJECTIVES are a class of words that express quality, quantity, or extent.

What class of words modify a noun?

ADJECTIVES are a class of words that modify nouns.

What are action verbs?

Action verbs are verbs that express action, something that a person, animal, force of nature, or thing can do.

What is an adjective?

Adjectives are a class of words that modify nouns. Adjectives express quality, quantity, or extent.

What class of words follows or modifies an action verb?

Adverbs are a class of words that follow or modify action verbs.

What is the name of a verb that can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb?

An INFINATIVE VERB can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.

What does an auxiliary verb do?

An auxiliary verb determines the mood, tense, or voice of another verb in a phrase

What is an infininative?

An infinitive is a verbal consisting of the word "to" plus a verb (in its simplest "stem" form) and functioning as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

What is an infinitive?

An infinitive is a verbal consisting of the word "to" plus a verb (in its simplest "stem" form) and functioning as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

Is an infinitive verb a finite or a non-finite verb

An infinitive verb is NON-FINITE verb, and can only occur on its own in a dependent phrase of clause.

What is an inflected language?

An inflected language is one in which words change form when their function changes

What is an intransitive verb?

An intransitive verb is an action verbs that DOES NOT HAVE AN OBJECT receiving the action. • I laughed. • I cried. • The book fell. • The horse galloped. • The sun set.

What is an irregular verb?

An irregular verb is a verb that does not follow the usual rules for verb forms. To make an irregular verb past tense you do not add an inflection, but change the vowel of their base.

What is another name for a regular verb?

Another name for a regular verb is a WEAK VERB.

What is another name for a weak verb?

Another name for a week verb is a REGULAR VERB.

What is another name for an auxiliary verb?

Another name for an auxiliary verb is a HELPING VERB.

What is another name for the main verb?

Another name for the main verb is the PREDICATOR VERB OR THE HEAD VERB.

What is another name for a predicator verb?

Another name for the predicator verb is the main verb.

Any word that you can add the suffix -ing to is in what class of words?

Any word that you can add the suffix -ing to is a verb.

What is the one class of words that can be inflected for tense?

If a word can be inflected for tense it is a VERB.

What are two easy ways to identify a verb?

If the word can have "should" or "to" in front of it and the phrase sounds complete, the word is a verb.

How can you use a form of "be" to determine if a verb is a linking verb?

If you can substitute a form of "be" for a verb and the meaning of the sentence is basically the same, the verb is probably being used as a linking verb.

How can you use a form of "seem" to determine if a verb is a linking verb?

If you can substitute a form of "seem" for a verb and the meaning of the sentence is basically the same, the verb is probably being used as a linking verb.

What class of words follows or modifies a linking verb?

Linking verbs are followed or modified by ADJECTIVES.

What are linking verbs?

Linking verbs are verb forms that do not express action, but they express a relationship between nouns or pronouns (the subject of the verb) that come before the linking verb and whatever follows it.

What is another name for non-finite verbs?

Non-finite verbs are also known as VERBALS.

What are non-finite verbs?

Non-finite verbs are verb forms that are not acting as verbs, but they are acting as gerunds, infinitives, and participles. They do not show a distinction of tense, and they cannot be the main verb in a sentence.

What is another name for the base form of a verb?

THE INFINITIVE FORM is another word for the base form of a verb.

What do you call action verbs that have a direct object to receive the action?

TRANSITIVE VERBS are action verbs that have a direct object to receive the action .

What is the base form of a verb called?

The base form of a verb is called an INFINITIVE.

What are the forms of "be"?

The forms of "be" are: is, am, are, was, were, be, been, and being. (8)

What is the infinitive form of a verb?

The infinitive form is the BASE FORM OF THE VERB. The form you would see in the dictionary.

What are the primary auxiliary verbs?

The primary auxiliary verbs are be, being, been, am, are, is, have, has, had- (do)- was & were (12 in all).

What is the suffix of all gerunds?

The suffix of all gerunds is -ing

What are the three forms of finite verbs?

The three forms of finite verbs are TRANSITIVE, INTRANSITIVE, AND LINKING verbs.

What are the three types of non-finite verbs?

The three types of non-finite verbs are, GERUNDS, INFINITIVES, AND PARTICIPLES.

What are the two types of auxiliary verbs?

The two types of auxiliary verbs are PRIMARY auxiliary verbs and MODEL auxiliary verbs .

What is a transitive verb?

Transitive verbs are action verbs that HAVE AN OBJECT to receive that action. • I baked some cookies. • I rode the bicycle. • I moved the chair.

What is a lexical verb?

A lexical verb is ANY VERB THAT IS NOT AN AUXILLIRY VERB.

What is contained in a verb phrase?

(i) The verb phrase contains anything which follows the verb within the same sentence. (ii) The verb phrase contains the auxiliary verbs which precede the verb (both primary and model auxiliary verbs) and the negation word not.

What type of verb can stand on its own in a main clause?

A FINITE VERB can stand on its own in a main clause.

What type of verb expresses tense and can occur on its own in a main clause.

A FINITE VERB expresses tense and can occur on its own in a main clause: "She walked to school."

Can a finite verb be the main verb in a sentence?

A finite verb CAN be the main verb in a sentence.

What is a finite verb?

A finite verb is a form of a verb that shows agreement with a subject and is marked for tense. It can also occur on its own in a main clause.

What is a gerund?

A gerund is a NON-FINITE VERB FORM ending in -ing that is FUNCTIONING AS A NOUN. "Acting is fun." "Swimming is hard.

What kind of verbs are gerunds, infinitives, and participles?

Gerunds, infinitives, and participles are NON-FINITE VERBS.

What do you call action verbs that do not have a direct object of the action?

INTRANCITIVE VERBS are action verbs that do not have a direct object of the action.