Verbs Flashcards
Verb
Doing word or action verb
Imperative verb
Command
Auxiliary verb
Additional, assists the main verb
Types of auxiliary verbs
Primary auxiliaries - distinguish the tense
Modal auxiliaries - show possibility, always attached to a main verb
Types of modal auxiliaries
Epistemic modality - likelihood, possibility - ‘ you must be starving
Deontic modality - possibility and necessity, obligation - ‘ you must leave’
Types of verbs
Material
Relational
Mental
Material verb
Describe actions or events
Relational verb
Describes states of being, used to identify - be appear seem become
Mental verbs
Describe perception, thought or speech
Dynamic verb
Change in state over time
Stative verb
Situation remains constant
Transitive verb
Requires an object
Intransitive verb
Doesn’t require an object
