Verbs

Question 1

verb

Answer 1

an action or a state of being.

Question 2

main verb

Answer 2

the main verb in a clause, the verb that contains the meaning - work, talk, swim.

Question 3

auxiliary verb

Answer 3

a verb used in forming the tenses, moods and voices of other verbs - be, do and have.

Question 4

modal verb

Answer 4

an auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility - could, would, should, can, may, must, shall, will and might.

Question 5

dynamic verb

Answer 5

an action verb which expresses physical or mental action - to run, to hit, to go.

Question 6

stative verb

Answer 6

verbs that express a state rather than an action, usually relating to thoughts, emotions, relationships, senses, states of being and measurements - imagine, love, want, smell and taste.

Question 7

regular verb

Answer 7

any verb whose conjunction follows the typical pattern - dancED, jumpED, stoppED.

Question 8

irregular verb

Answer 8

any verb whose conjunction does not follow the typical pattern - bought, drank, broke.

Question 9

imperative verb

Answer 9

verb that is an action word that gives a command - move, clean, go.