1.
Transitive
verbs
Example : mercy
reads a book
2.
Intransitive
verbs
example : mercy
is sleep
3.
Verbs
of incomplete predication
Tipe
verb
- Continuous verb
Example ; to run,
to walk, to eat, to fly, to go, to say, to touch etc
Examples
-
I
eat bread every morning
-
I
am eating dinner now
- Non Continuous verb
a.
Abstract
verbs
To be, to want,
to cost, to seem, to need, to care, to cantain, to owe, to exist etc
b.
Possession
verbs
To possess, to own, to belong etc
c.
Emotion
verbs
To like, to
love, to hate, to dislike, to fear, to envy, to mind etc
Example:
-
He
is here now (true)
-
He
is being here now (false)
-
He
wants a drink now (true)
-
Ho
is wanting a drink now (false)
- Mixed verbs
Example ;
“To appears”
Hera appears
confused ( non continuous verb)
Meaning : “ hera
seems confused
My favorite
singer is appearing at the jazz club tonight (normal verb)
Meaning : “ my
favorite singer is giving a performance at the jazz club tonight
“to have’
I have a dollar
now ( non continuous verb)
Meaning : “ I
possess a dollar
I am having fun
now (normal verb)
Meaning ; “ I am
experiencing fun now”
“To hear”
She hears the
music ( non continuous verb)
Meaning : “she
hears the music with her ears
She is hearing
voices (normal verb)
Meaning :”she
hears something others cannot hear. She is hearing voices in herd mind”
“to look”
Nancy looks tired ( non continuous verb)
Meaning :”she seems tired”
Farah is looking at the pictures (normal
verb)
Meaning : “she is looking with her eyes’
“to miss”
John misses sally ( non continuous verb)
Meaning : “he is sad because she is not
there
Yasho is missing her favorite TV
program (normal verb)
Meaning : “he is not there to see her
favorite program
“to see”
I see her ( non continuous verb)
Meaning : “I see her with my eyes
I am seeing the doctor (normal verb)
Meaning :” I am visiting on consulting
with a doctor
“ to smell”
The coffee
smells good ( non continuous verb)
Meaning :”the
coffee has a good smell”
I am smelling the
flowers (normal verb)
Meaning : “I am
sniffing the flowers to see what their smell is like”
“to taste”
The coffee
tastes good ( non continuous verb)
Meaning : “the
coffee has a good taste”
I am tasting the
cake (normal verb)
Meaning : “I am
trying the cake to see what is tastes like”
“ to think”
He thinks the is
easy ( non continuous verb)
Meaning : “he
considers the test to by easy”
She is thinking
about the question (normal verb)
Meaning ; “she
is pandering the question, going over it in her mind”
“to
weigh”
The
table weighs a lot ( non continuous verb)
Meaning
: “the table is heavy”
She
is weighing herself (normal verb)
Meaning
:”she is determining her weight”
“to
be’
Joe
is American ( non continuous verb)
Meaning
:”joe is an American citizen”
Joe
is being very American (normal verb)
Meaning
:”joe is behaving like a stereotypical American”
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