Verb

Verb is a word that tells or asserts something about some person or thing. It is the most important word in a sentence. A verb may tell us:

(1) What a person or thing is; as.

1. The picture hangs on the wall.
2. He is dead

(2) What a person or thing does; as,

1. I put the book on the table
2. You ride a bicycle.

(3) What is done to a person or thing; as,

1. The chair is broken
2. He is beaten

KIND OF VERBS

Verbs are divided into three main classes:

(i) Transitive, (ii) Intransitive, (iii) Auxiliary.

Definition:

1. Transitive Verbs

A verb is Transitive if the action does not stop with subject (doer) but passes from the subject to something else, i.e., an object.

2. Intransitive Verbs

A verb is ‘intransitive’, when the action stops with the agent (subject) and does not pass from the agent to anything else

3. Auxiliary Verb

A verb is Auxiliary when it helps the principal verb.

For example:

1. The man killed a snake.
2. boy works hard.
3. is writing a letter.

In sentence 1, the action denoted by the verb ‘killed’ passes over from the subject ‘man’ to the object ‘snake’ The verb killed is therefore, called a Transitive verb

In sentence 2, the action denoted by the verb ‘works’ stops with the subject ‘boy’ and does not pass over to any object the verb ‘work’ is therefore, called an Intransitive verb

In sentence 3, the verb is divided into two parts, viz, ‘is’ and ‘writing’ The first is called ‘Auxiliary’ or ‘helping verb’, and the second, Principal Verb.

INTRANSITIVE VERBS USED AS TRANSITIVE

May verbs can be used both as Transitive and Intransitive verb it would. Therefore, be more correct to say that a verb is used transitively or in transitively. Rather than. It is Transitive or Intransitive;

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