Verb- is a word that expresses an

action, a condition , or a state of being.

Examples:
action- The artist draws his
dream house.
condition- He is excited in drawing his
Dream house.
state of being- Benjie is a student
aspiring to be a great
artist.
Verbs has three basic forms:
Base form, Past form, and the participle
form.
Examples:
Base- The artist DRAW something
creatively.

Past- The artist DREW something creatively.

Participle- Something DRAWN by the

artist creatively stirs up their
emotions.
The artist HAS DRAWN something
creatively.
There are two ways of making verbs appear
in these three forms :

Regular verb- follow a fixed or consistent

pattern in having three forms(walk,walked,
walked)

Irregular verb- has a changing manner ,wh

ich means that the spelling of verb changes
per form (draw,drew,drawn) .
Here are some irregular methods of
making verbs have their three form

A. Method 1 : same 1st and 3rd forms

Come came come

Become Became Become

B. Method 2: same 1st and 2nd forms

Keep kept kept

Make Made Made
Deal Dealt Dealt
Verb types
Verbs are clasiffied into two big groups: those that give
action and those that do not give action.

Action verbs are of two types :

Transitive verbs- that requires an object or receiver of the

action .

Intransitive verbs-that needs no object or receiver of the

action.

Examples:
transitive- The artist DREW a picture excitedlly.
(Picture is the direct object of the verb drew)

intransitive verb- The artist FELL asleep with a coloring

pencil in his hand. (No direct object)
C. Method 3: all three change

Sing sang sung

Swim swam swum
Choose Chose Chosen

D. Method 4: no change

hit hit hit

Let Let Let
Cut Cut Cut
The non action verbs are called be-verbs( am ,is,was,are,were,will/shall be,
been)
Types of non-action verbs are:
The linking or copular verbs- which serve as bridges between the
subject and the predicate adjective or noun of a sentence; and auxilary
verbs or helping verbs that asist the main verb of the sentence in comple
ting the meaning of the sentence.
Examples:
linking verb-The artist IS a student of UST.
auxilary verb- The artist IS painting the president's palace .

Aside from the be -verbs functioning as linking verbs, the following verbs
called verbs of senses are also used as linking verbs , and likewise
function as action words.
Examples:
sense of sight- appear,become,look,seem,get,remain(the artist seems
inspired to draw.)

sense of smell- smell (The sculptress's perfume smells like a sampaguita

flower.)
sense of hearing- sound(The ice cream bell sounds inviting
To the artist's kid model.)

sense of touch-feel( The ballet dancer's skin feels so soft and

smooth.)

sense of taste- (The fruit tastes sour to the musician)

One way to test if these verbs of senses are ,indeed,linking verbs,

not action words , is to substitute them with be -verbs(is,was,are,
etc.)

Examples:
The cake tastes delicious .( the cake is delecious)
The artist tastes the cake(The artists is the cake-incorrect)
Moreover, verbs are either FINITE or TENSED VERBS
indicate sense ,person, and number; NON FINITE or NON-
TENSED VERBS dont show any of these three
properties of verbs.hence, they exist as veebals; meaning
false verbs because they do notvfunction as a verbs but as
nouns (gerund and infinitive) and as adjectives(participle)

Examples:

Gerund- (+ing form)

Drawing is the artist's way of his
leisure time.
Infinitive- (to + base form)
To draw is to think imaginatively and creatively.
Participle- (-ing or 3rd form)
The artist drawing in that corner is my brother.
The scenery drawn by him is a tourist spot.
Multi-word is a types of verb consisting of a combination of two word
s or a mixture of three words that function as a single verb in a senten
ce.

Three types of this kind of verbs are as follows ;

1. Phrasal verbs- (verb+adverb)

Examples:

Faded away ,look around,look up,take off,go around, put away,went

on,make out,lift up,get off,get back,put up,put off,
weighs up

The artist WEIGHS UP all suggestions from his friend on how

to apply color on his worn.

Put away irrelevant or unnecessary materials from your

drawing table.
2.Prepositional verbs (verb+ preposition)

Examples:

Approve of ,look into,suffer for, born in, talk with, li

ve at, live on, angry with, buy from, agree with, look
after, deal with, break into, lead to, call on, live in, ri
de in ,married to

The artist agrees WITH ME on the unusual coloring

effects of
the Italian - made crayons.

If you want crayons with good quality,why dont yo

u BUY FROM an italian artist who patronizes such?
3. Phrasal -prepositional verb- (verb+adverb+preposition)

Examples:
put up with, shy away from, get along with ,give in to ,do
away with, catch up with, get rid of, look forward to , come
up against, look up to, break down into

The artist are CATCHING UP WITH the deadline for the

submission of entries.

A building artist LOOKS FORWARD TO getting the first place

in the art competition.
Verb phrase is a verb in the sentence that consist of a single
verb, or a main verb plus auxiliary verb of helping verb.It is a
simple verb phrase if it is made up of only one verb;
complex verb phrase , if it consist of two or more words.

Examples:

simple verb phrase- The artist SEES pictures of his dream ho

use in his mind.

complex verb phrase- The artist IS MAKING mental pictures

of his dream house.

He SHOULD HAVE COLORED it with

light pink and light blue.
Voice of verbs

Another property of verb is VOICE -determines whether the

subject of the sentence is the doer or receiver of the action o
f the verb; however , this applies only to transitive verbs . By
means of two voices of verbs

Active voice - gives importance or emphasis to the agent or

doer of the action ;hence , it makes this as initial part or the
subject of a clause or a sentence .

1. The child eats an apple.

2. The painter paints the door
3. My uncle helps me.
Passive voice -considers the object or receiver of the
action more important than the agent , so, its positions the
object in the subject area of a clause or a sentence , and
puts the agent or doer of the action in the latter part of
the sentence called predicate.

1. The apple is eaten by the child.

2. The door is painted by the painter.
3. I am helped by my uncle.