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Verbs & Auxiliary Verbs

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Contents

Context ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Verbs & Auxiliary Verbs............................................................................................................................. 3
1.1

Kinds of Verbs ............................................................................................................................. 3

Exercises ...................................................................................................................................................... 4

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Context
This document contains exercises to be completed as a part of the module- Verbs & Auxiliary Verbs.

Verbs & Auxiliary Verbs

A verb

Is a word or a phrase that indicates an Action or a State of Being. E.g. He teaches French
(Action). He is in poor health (State of Being).
Tells us what a person or thing does E.g. The president addressed the nation.
Tells us about subject/object. E.g. the president (Subject) addressed (Verb) the nation
(Object).

A Subject indicates the doer of the action while an Object refers to the person or thing who suffers the
action. Addressed is the verb which takes nation as the Object to complete the sense of the sentence.
Such verbs which take an Object are called Transitive Verbs.
Not all sentences need objects to complete their sense. E.g. Rose smells sweet. It does not need an
Object to give complete meaning. In such case smells is an Intransitive Verb. Such verbs have no
passive form.

1.1 Kinds of Verbs

Verbs are of two kinds based on their function in the sentences.

Main Verbs such as, eat, read, work, discuss, play etc.
Auxiliary Verbs such as the verb be (is, are, am, was, were, be, being, been), do forms (do,
does, did), has, have, had, can, could etc.

Auxiliary verbs are also called as Helping verbs. There are two kinds of auxiliary verbs

Primary Auxiliaries, which are used to form questions, tenses etc. E.g.Has, does, am, was, have.
Modal Auxiliaries. E.g. can, could, shall, should, will, would, may might, must, need to, used to,
ought to. Dared to. Modal auxiliaries seek to express possibility, necessity and permission.

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Exercises
Objective: To understand the usage of different kinds of Verbs.
Problem Description:
a)

Underline the verbs in the following sentences; say whether they are transitive or intransitive
verbs:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

He picked up the bill for discussion

The road ran across the field
Put the tent here
The sun rises in the East
The tiger jumped into the well
The men built the bridge
The walls fell over
You are irritating me

b) Complete the following by adding suitable objects:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

The child broke

Most people dislike
The dacoit killed.
He is making
He sold.
A goldsmith makes.

c) Choose the right words from the brackets:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

The horse (flew, blew, galloped) hard that day

A boat (floats, flows, sails) on the river
They ( hang, hanhed, hung) pictures on the wall
The teacher ( abused, appointed, praised) the children that day
The banker (hurried, wandered, ignored) the people around him
The bird has (flown, flew, flowed) its coop
Mother (lay, laid, put) the breakfast on the table

d) Identify the transitive and intransitive verbs in the following:

1. We were angry
2. The gates are closed
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3. She was watching the T.V

4. He was detained over raging a junior college mate.
5. Karna applied for medicine at the college.
Summary of this assignment:
By the end of this assignment, the learner will be able to:

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Be able to identify different verbs.

Be able to explain the difference between main and auxiliary verbs
Be able to identify the usage of auxiliary verbs in a sentence.
Be able to use the most appropriate auxiliary verb in a sentence according to the purpose of
the communication.

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