Verbs and their properties
Verbs are words like walk, sing, dance, read, sleep and smile. Verbs are distinguished from other parts of speech by a number of properties.
A verb can be marked for tense:
I work (Present tense)/ I worked. (Past tense)
She writes. / She wrote.
She writes. / She wrote.
A verb can usually be preceded by an auxiliary verb.
- I have written.
- She has come.
- He is singing.
- It is working.
- You are wasting our time.
A verb is the head of a verb phrase.
- I am watching news on TV. (Here the verb watching is the head of the phrase watching news on TV.)
- She wrote letters.
A verb can form a gerund in -ing.
- Trespassing is prohibited.
- Reading is his pastime.
A verb can form a present participle and a past participle.
The present participle ends in -ing; the past participle usually ends in-ed or -en.
- She has been working for hours.
- It has been raining since morning.
- You have drunk too much wine.
Verbs are present in our daily routines, there the importance of its recognition!
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