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PARTS OF SPEECH

VERBS

Describes the subject... express actions or express state of being events

Innocent little Eric is peeing on the poor cactus.

The fire is hot.

VERBS
Transitive Intransitive Compound
auxiliary

Finite Non-finite Copula (linking verb)

Primary

Modal

VERBS
TRANSITIVE
INTRANSITIVE

Cannot stand on its own

Do not require object

Followed by object.

Ditransitive verb Can take direct object and indirect object at the same time

That horrid music gave me a headache.


He sleeps soundly. Zeeq is feeding Seiji.

VERBS
FINITE NON-FINITE

With tenses

No tense

Have a subject

Does not have a subject


Infinitive form -ing -ed

FINITE

The piano is the Playing played Nancie playsto the likespiano the played is easy. play the piano. piano. by Nancie.

VERBS
PRIMARY AUXILIARY MODAL AUXILIARY

be do

-is, are, am... -done,did..

shall will

have -has, had..


Include negative forms

can
may

COMPOUND VERBS
A combination of two verbs...

sleepwalk kickboxing

LINKING VERBS (COPULA) Describes the subject... Followed by an adjective...


Does not imply action...

The coffee tastes sweet. Lyne smells nice. Those clothes seems familiar.

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