Read the sentences.Circle the singular verb.
1. I am a good person.
2.The baby felt cold without her blanket.
3.My mother loves me.
4.I have four tickets to the show.
5.I take the bus.
6.I am taking the bus.
7.I took the bus.
8.I will take the bus.
9.Every rose has its thorn.
10.A cat has nine lives.
11.Is the moon made of cheese?
12.Put that down!
13.Please exit the building in single file.
There are three types of verbs:
1. Finite Verbs
2. Non-finite Verbs
3. Action Verbs
4. Linking Verb
5. Auxiliary Verbs
6. Modal Verbs
Finite Verbs:
DefinitionFinite verbs are the actual verbs which are called the roots of sentences. It is a form of a verb that is performed by or refers to a subject and uses one of the twelve forms of tense and changes according to the number/person of the subject.
Example:
1.Akash went to school. (Subject -Akash- performed the action in the past.
2.This information is evident only by the verb -went-.)
3.Robert plays hockey.
4.He is playing for Australia.
5.He is one of the best players. (Here, the verb -is- directly refers to the subject itself.)
Non-finite Verbs:
DefinitionNon-finite Verbs are not actual verbs. They do not work as verbs in the sentence rather they work as nouns, adjectives, adverbs, etc. Non-finite verbs do not change according to the number/person of the subject because these verbs, also called verbals, do not have any direct relation to the subject. Sometimes they become the subject themselves.
The forms of non-finite verbs are – infinitive, gerund, and participle (participles become finite verbs when they take auxiliary verbs.)
Example:
1. Alex went abroad to play (Infinitives)
2. Playing cricket is his only job. (Present participle)
3. I have a broken bat. (Past participle)
4. Walking is a good habit. (Gerund)
Action Verbs:
Defintion Action verbs indicate what the subject of a sentence performs. Action verbs can make the listener/reader feel emotions, see scenes more vividly and accurately.
Action verbs can be
transitive or
intransitive.
a)Transitive verbs must have a direct object.
b) transitive verb demands something/someone to be acted upon.
Example:
I painted the car. (The verb ‘paint’ demands an object to be painted)
She is reading the newspaper. (The verb ‘read’ asks the question -what is she reading?- – the answer is the object)
Intransitive verbs do not act upon anything. They may be followed by an adjective, adverb, preposition, or another part of speech.
Example:
1.She smiled. (The verb -smile- cannot have any object since the action of ‘smiling’ does not fall upon anything/anyone)
2.I wake up at 6 AM. (No object is needed for this verb)
Find the Verbs
Here are some more pairs of sentences that show verbs. Underline them
1.My name is Michael. I am fourteen.
2.My father works hard. He works in a factory.
3.My sister is older than me. She is twelve.
4.Our dog is very naughty. It likes to chase cats.
5.Bob, you are a bad dog!
6.David and I are playing football. We like sports.
7.Jim and Jeff are my brothers. They are older than I am.
Here are some more pairs of sentences that show Verbs circle them
1.I’m doing my homework. Dad is helping me.
2.Goodbye, children! I’ll call you later.
3.Where is John? I need to speak to him.
4.Miss Garcia is very nice. All the children like her.
5.The car is very dirty. Mom is cleaning it.
6.Uncle Harry called Mary to ask her a question.
7.My chocolates are all gone. Someone has eaten them.
Reflexive pronouns are words that refer to the noun or pronoun that is the subject of the verb. The words myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves are reflexive pronouns.
1.My brother built this computer himself.
2.Be careful not to cut yourself with that knife.
3.John was looking at himself in the mirror.
4.Kate fell and hurt herself.
5.Our cat washes itself after every meal.
6.We baked the cake by ourselves.
7.Come in, everybody, and find yourselves a seat.
8.The children cleaned their room all by themselves.
9.Bears like to rub themselves against a tree.
10.The bird washed itself by splashing in a puddle.
11.The players train every day to keep themselves fit.
12.Have yourselves a good time.