Verb in English Grammar
Verb in English Grammar
Verb āĻšāϞ⧠sentence-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĨ¤ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ, āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž, āĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏ, āĻāĻāύāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ English sentence āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ tense āĻļāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠verb āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻāĻ lesson-āĻ verb meaning, types, forms, examples, common mistakes āĻāĻŦāĻ practice āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤
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Verb āĻā§?
A verb is a word that shows action, state, possession or occurrence.
Previous Lesson-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ Connection
Lesson #6-āĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ Pronoun āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤ Pronoun sentence-āĻ subject āĻŦāĻž object āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāύ Verb āĻļāĻŋāĻāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āĻāĻŦā§āύ subject āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻā§ āĻŦāĻž subject-āĻāϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻā§āĨ¤
Verb āĻāĻžā§āĻž āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻāĻžāĻ English sentence complete āĻšā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ Verb sentence-āĻāϰ action āĻŦāĻž state āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
She is happy.
They play football.
He has a book.
āĻāĻĒāϰā§āϰ sentence-āĻā§āϞā§āϤ⧠eat, is, play, has â āĻāĻā§āϞ⧠verb.
Types of Verb
āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ card-āĻā§āϞā§āϤ⧠click āĻāϰāϞ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ verb type-āĻāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ explanation āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Action Verb
Shows action.
State Verb
Shows state or condition.
Main Verb
Main action word.
Auxiliary Verb
Helping verb.
Modal Verb
Can, may, must, should.
Transitive Verb
Needs an object.
Intransitive Verb
Does not need object.
Linking Verb
Connects subject and complement.
Types of Verb Table with Examples
āĻāĻ table āĻĻā§āĻā§ verb types āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ revise āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
| Verb Type | Meaning | Examples | Example Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action Verb | Shows action | eat, run, read | I read books. |
| State Verb | Shows state or condition | be, know, love | She is happy. |
| Main Verb | Main meaning/action | play, write, sleep | They play football. |
| Auxiliary Verb | Helps main verb | am, is, are, has, do | She is reading. |
| Modal Verb | Shows ability, advice, permission | can, should, must | You should study. |
| Transitive Verb | Needs object | eat, write, buy | I eat rice. |
| Intransitive Verb | Does not need object | sleep, fly, arrive | Birds fly. |
| Linking Verb | Connects subject and complement | is, seem, become | He became tired. |
Verb Forms: V1, V2, V3, V-ing and s/es
Tense āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ verb forms āĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
V1 / Base Form
Verb-āĻāϰ basic form āĻšāϞ⧠V1. Modal verb, do/does/did āĻāĻŦāĻ infinitive-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ V1 āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
Example: I can speak English.
V2 / Past Form
Past simple tense-āĻ V2 āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
Example: I went to school yesterday.
V3 / Past Participle
Perfect tense āĻāĻŦāĻ passive voice-āĻ V3 āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
Example: I have finished my work.
V-ing / Present Participle
Continuous tense āĻāĻŦāĻ gerund āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ V-ing āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Example: She is reading a book.
s/es Form
Simple present tense-āĻ he/she/it/singular subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ verb+s/es āĻšā§āĨ¤
Example: He goes to school.
Common Verb Forms Table
āĻāĻ chartāĻāĻŋ tense āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻā§āĻŦ useful.
| V1 | V2 | V3 | V-ing | s/es |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| go | went | gone | going | goes |
| eat | ate | eaten | eating | eats |
| read | read | read | reading | reads |
| write | wrote | written | writing | writes |
| play | played | played | playing | plays |
| do | did | done | doing | does |
| make | made | made | making | makes |
Bengali LearnersāĻĻā§āϰ Common Verb Mistakes
Verb form āĻāĻŦāĻ helping verb āĻā§āϞ āĻšāϞ⧠sentence āĻā§āϞ āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
He go to school. â
He goes to school. â
He/she/it/singular subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ simple present tense-āĻ verb+s/es āĻšā§āĨ¤
I did not went there. â
I did not go there. â
Did not-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠base verb/V1 āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
She can sings well. â
She can sing well. â
Modal verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠V1/base form āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
I am agree with you. â
I agree with you. â
Agree āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻ main verb, āϤāĻžāĻ am āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰ āύā§āĻāĨ¤
Verb Practice
āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ exercises āĻāϰ⧠verb topic practice āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
A. Identify the Verb
B. Choose the Correct Verb Form
C. Quick Quiz
This Lesson Belongs to These Grammar Topics
Main Grammar homepage-āĻāϰ card/topic structure-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻ lesson connect āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϞā§āĨ¤
Verb
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻāϰ main category āĻšāϞ⧠Verb.
Parts of Speech
Verb āĻšāϞ⧠Parts of Speech-āĻāϰ āĻ āύā§āϝāϤāĻŽ important topic.
Tense
Tense āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ verb forms āĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
Common Mistakes
Verb form, modal verb āĻāĻŦāĻ helping verb mistake correction.
EngLrn Grammar Lesson Sequence
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Lesson Complete?
āĻāĻ lesson complete āĻšāϞ⧠Grammar Lesson #8: Adjective in English Grammar āĻĒā§ā§āύāĨ¤
Verb āύāĻŋā§ā§ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ
Beginner learnersāĻĻā§āϰ common questions-āĻāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰāĨ¤
Verb āĻā§?
Verb āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ word āϝāĻž action, state, possession āĻŦāĻž occurrence āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύ go, eat, read, is, have.
Main verb āĻāĻŦāĻ auxiliary verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻā§?
Main verb sentence-āĻāϰ āĻŽā§āϞ meaning āĻĻā§ā§āĨ¤ Auxiliary verb main verb-āĻā§ tense, question, negative āĻŦāĻž passive form āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Modal verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻā§ āĻŦāϏā§?
Modal verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠base verb āĻŦāĻž V1 āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύ: can go, should study, must work.
Transitive āĻāĻŦāĻ intransitive verb āĻā§?
Transitive verb object āύā§ā§: I eat rice. Intransitive verb object āύā§ā§ āύāĻž: Birds fly.
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻā§āύ lesson āĻĒā§āĻŦ?
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ Adjective in English Grammar āĻĒā§āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ adjective noun āĻŦāĻž pronoun āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ information āĻĻā§ā§āĨ¤
Verb in English Grammar for Bengali Learners
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻ Bengali learnersāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ Verb in English Grammar āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ Verb āĻšāϞ⧠sentence-āĻāϰ action, state, possession āĻŦāĻž occurrence āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϰ word.
Action verb, state verb, main verb, auxiliary verb, modal verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb āĻāĻŦāĻ linking verb āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ learners English grammar foundation strong āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤ Verb forms V1, V2, V3, V-ing āĻāĻŦāĻ s/es form tense āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤
