Verb (āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϜ)

Verb āĻ•āĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇?

āϝ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž/āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžā§Ÿ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇āχ Verb āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ, go, eat, sleep, buy, sell, walk, run, see, play, write, give etc.

Verb āϕ⧇ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ sentence āĻāϰ āĻšā§ƒāĻĻ⧟ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ Verb āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻž āϕ⧋āύ sentence āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āύ⧟āĨ¤

The verb is an important part of speech. Without the verb, no sentence can be formed. It shows a physical or mental action.

Example:

  • We play cricket.
  • He writes a letter.
  • He gave me a glass of water.

Verb āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāϭ⧇āĻĻ:

There are many types of verbs. Some are discussed below:

  • Finite verb
  • Non-finite verbs
  • Action verbs
  • Auxiliary verbs
  • Linking verbs
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Finite Verb:

Finite Verb āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ verb āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ subject āĻāϰ number āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ person āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāχ verb āĻāϰ form āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

A Finite verb can come as the main verb in a sentence, and it changes according to the tenses of the action and the number and person of the subject.

Example: Afroza works in a bank.

Non-finite Verb:

Non-finite verb āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋ main verb āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ Non-finite verb āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ adjective āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž adverb āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ verb āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āύ⧟āĨ¤      

Non-finite verbs can’t be main verbs.  

Example: Coming home, I saw the man running away.

There are three types of non-finite verbs.

  • Infinitives: to do, to eat, to drink, to dance
  • Participles: doing, done, eating, eaten, drinking, drunk
  • Gerunds: walking, swimming, running

Action verb:

Action verb, Subject āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϕ⧇āχ action verb āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

Action verbs express actions. They complete the sentence and describe the subject’s action.

Example:

  • I’ll do my work.
  • She watches TV.

Action verbs are of two types:

  • Transitive verbs
  • Intransitive verbs

Transitive Verb:

Transitive verb āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ direct object āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ Direct object āύāĻž āφāϏāϞ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āύ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ, āϏ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ transitive verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

Example:

  • He is watching (āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇, āĻŸā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻļāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ direct object. āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āύāĨ¤)
  • I saw a (āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇, Tiger āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ object.)

Intransitive Verb:

Intransitive verb āĻāϰ āϕ⧋āύ object āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāύ āĻšā§Ÿ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤   

They don’t have a direct object.

Example:

  • He reached.
  • He goes to school.

Linking verbs:

Linking verb āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻ“āχ āϏāĻ•āϞ verb āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžā§Ÿ āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻž āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ subject āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ, Be verb āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϝāĻ–āύ main verb āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ sentence āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ Linking Verbs āĻŦāϞāĻž āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

Linking Verbs can behave both either main verbs or auxiliary verbs. They do not refer to actions, but represent a state of being, need, opinion, desire or senses. For example, be verbs (am, is, are, was, were, have, has, hadâ€Ļ.) are the example of no-action verbs. Smell, look, taste, sound, etc. are also called no-action verbs.

Example:

  • He is a teacher.
  • They have three children.

Auxiliary Verb:

Auxiliary Verb āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ verbāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž present participle āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ past participle āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ verb āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϜāĻ¸ā§āĻŦ āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŖāĻ—āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ āĻŖ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤

Auxiliary verbs are also called helping verbs. It helps another verb to form its mood, voice, tense, etc. They don’t have any meaning on their own, but they are very important to make the grammatical structure of the sentences. They help the main verbs.

They are two types:

  • Primary Auxiliary
  • Modal Auxiliary

Primary auxiliary:

Have, Do, and Be are known as primary auxiliaries.

Have

Have, has, had, having, had not .

Example: He has bought a new car. (āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ has āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ auxiliary verb)

Do

Do, does, done, to do, did, did not, does not, etc.

Example: He does not keep his work for tomorrow.

Be

Am, is, are, was, were, be, to be, been, was not, were not, etc.

Example: He is watching the tournament.

Modal Auxiliary:

Modal Auxiliary āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻŽā§āϞ verb āĻāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ verb āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ 

A modal auxiliary modifies the meaning of the main verb in some way. Shall, should, can, could, may, might, ought, ought to, will, would, must, etc. are known as modal auxiliary verbs.

Example:

  • He may come home tomorrow.
  • You should not run in the sun.
  • You can take rest now.

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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāσ The food was very tasty.

The word "tasteful" describes something that shows good aesthetic judgment or is arranged in an attractive, pleasing manner (e.g., "a tasteful decoration," "a tasteful outfit"). It refers to style or aesthetics, not flavor.

On the other hand, "tasty" is the adjective used to describe food that has a pleasant and enjoyable flavor. Therefore, when referring to the deliciousness of food, "tasty" or "delicious" is the correct word to use.

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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāσ I am looking forward to seeing you.

The phrase "look forward to" is a common idiomatic expression in English. In this construction, "to" acts as a preposition, not as part of an infinitive verb.

When a preposition is followed by a verb, that verb must be in its gerund form (the -ing form), functioning as a noun. Therefore, instead of "to see" (an infinitive), the correct form is "to seeing" (where "seeing" is a gerund).

Other common phrases where "to" is a preposition and takes a gerund include:

        
  • be accustomed to + -ing (e.g., She is accustomed to working late.)
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  • object to + -ing (e.g., I object to being treated like that.)
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  • be devoted to + -ing (e.g., He is devoted to helping others.)
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  • in addition to + -ing (e.g., In addition to studying, he works part-time.)
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  • be used to + -ing (e.g., I am used to waking up early.)

Understanding these idiomatic expressions is crucial for correct grammatical usage, especially in professional communication and standardized English exams.

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āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ

ā§§ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ, āĻļā§€āϟ, āϏāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻļāύ āĻ“
āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻĢāϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ!

āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧇āĻ•ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ — āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ…āĻŸā§‹āĻŽā§‡āϟāĻŋāĻ• āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ!

āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāĻĄāĻŋāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇
āϜāϞāĻ›āĻžāĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇
āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύāĻž āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇
Logo, Motto āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻŦ⧇
āĻ…āĻŸā§‹ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ
āĻ…āĻŸā§‹ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŽāĻžāύ
āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāĻĄāĻŋāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇
āϜāϞāĻ›āĻžāĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇
āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύāĻž āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇
Logo, Motto āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻŦ⧇
āĻ…āĻŸā§‹ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ
āĻ…āĻŸā§‹ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŽāĻžāύ
āĻ…āĻŸā§‹ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž (āĻāĻĄāĻŋāϟāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ)
āĻ…āĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ
OMR āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇
āĻĢāĻ¨ā§āϟ, āĻ•āϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻĄāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāχāĻĄāĻžāϰ
āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ/āĻ…āĻĒāĻļāύ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāχāϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ
āϏ⧇āϟ āϕ⧋āĻĄ, āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧋āĻĄ
āĻ…āĻŸā§‹ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž (āĻāĻĄāĻŋāϟāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ)
āĻ…āĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ
OMR āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇
āĻĢāĻ¨ā§āϟ, āĻ•āϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻĄāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāχāĻĄāĻžāϰ
āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ/āĻ…āĻĒāĻļāύ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāχāϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ
āϏ⧇āϟ āϕ⧋āĻĄ, āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧋āĻĄ
āĻāĻ–āύāχ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ āĻĄā§‡āĻŽā§‹ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧁āύ
ā§Ģā§Ļ,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ+
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•
ā§Šā§Ļ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ+
āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ
āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ ā§§ā§Ģ āĻĒ⧟āϏāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ
ā§§ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ, āĻļā§€āϟ, āϏāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻļāύ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ āφāϜāχ

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