Types of Verbs

English Grammar has various important dynamics in its wide scope. It comprises many parts which make it fluent and impressive to speak and highly crucial to understand. These parts include nouns, pronouns, sentences, prepositions, conjunctions, articles, punctuations, adverbs, adjectives, etc. Another major subpart of English Grammar is verbs. Without verbs, the very foundation of the language would fall as there would be no words to tell about the subject’s action. The verb is derived from the Latin word, Verbum, which means “a word”. They specify the action’s event or state of existence, and without them, a sentence is incomplete. 

Types of Verbs: 

There are broadly two types of verbs, Main Verbs containing Transitive and Intransitive and Auxiliary Verbs containing Primary Auxiliary and Modal Auxiliary Verbs. 

1.Transitive Verbs: 

The verbs used with an object in a sentence are called Transitive Verbs. The action is not limited to the subject in these verbs but passed over to the object. A trick to finding transitive verbs is to question ‘what’ and ‘who’ in the sentence. If we get an answer, the verb is transitive. 

2.Intransitive Verbs:

The verbs where the action is not transferred to the object are intransitive. The action is limited to the subject in a sentence in these verbs. Yet, most of the verbs are used transitively and intransitively in both ways. 

3.Primary Auxiliary Verbs: 

The Primary Auxiliary verbs are divided into three categories viz Verbs ‘to be’, which includes is, am, are, was, we’re; Verbs ‘to have’, which includes having, has had, and Verbs ‘to do’, which includes doing, does, did. 

4.Modal Auxiliary Verbs:

The Modal Auxiliary Verbs are the types of verbs that define the mood of the verb in a sentence. Since they describe the performance of the verb, they are commonly termed Modals. They are used as helping verbs with the main verb. They are not affected by the quantity or the person of the sentence.

5.Causative Verbs: 

Causative verbs show that the sentence’s subject or doer is indirectly accountable for action. Instead, the subject doesn’t act itself but causes someone or something else to do it. 

6.Linking Verbs:

They are also known as notional verbs. When auxiliary verbs are used as the main verb instead of supporting the main verb, they are called linking or notional verbs. A linking verb connects a subject and its complement. They are also called copulas.

7.Inchoative Verbs: 

Inchoative verbs are the types of verbs that represent the beginning of an action. The inchoative verb, Get, is used mostly in sentences in continuous form.  They denote the beginning, development, or final stage of a change of condition.

Types of Verbs with examples:

The information mentioned above deals with the types of verbs. This heading presents types of verbs and examples, and they are listed below:

1.Transitive Verbs:

• Srishti hits a ball.
• Ramesh rings the bell.
• Reena plays the guitar. 

Intransitive Verbs:

• The bird flies.
• Mani speaks loudly. 
• The bell rang late. 

Primary Auxiliary Verbs:

• He is a boy.
• It is mine.
• It is wonderful lying on the beach all day.
• She has a car.
• I had hoped to meet her at the party. 

4.Modal Auxiliary Verbs:

• Girls can beat the boys.
• Males should respect females.
• He might lose the match.
• You dare not speak in front of the principal.

5.Causative Verbs:

• I made him do my work.
• I kept him waiting.
• She had the thesis written by her mother.
• She made him laugh.

6.Linking verbs or Notional Verbs:

• I have a car and a bike. 
• She is a beautiful girl. 
• He is a rich fellow. 
• He is my younger brother. 

7.Inchoative Verbs:

• Sugar is getting saucer. 
• It is getting cold. 
• Her dreams have come true. 
• The weather turned colder. 

Modals:

Modals are types of verbs used with the first form of the verb. Sometimes they are also used as the main verb in a sentence. Modals include can, could, may, might, will, dare, ought to, need to etc. The use of these types of verbs with examples are given below:

May/might: They are used to ask permission, informal request, remote possibility etc. 

• May I go now?
• The sky is cloudy; it might rain today.
• She might win the prize.

2.Can: They are used to depict the likelihood of a situation or capability of a person. 

• How can he leave?
• I can solve this problem.
• Can you speak Spanish?

3.Shall/Will: They depict future action or formal requests.

• I shall go to class tomorrow.
• I will see you.
• Will you open the window?

Conclusion:

The verbs act as a major support to the language and should be used carefully in sentences with proper usage of rules. The types of verbs should be learned properly along with the rules. Another major point to keep in mind is to prepare types of verbs and examples and provide extra explanations and usage of the types of verbs. One should carefully prepare the types of verbs with examples.