Questions
What categories do the grammatical properties of a verb include?
Person, number, tense, aspect, voice, mood.
What are verbs called that do not require a direct object?
Intransitive verbs.
What are simple verbs?
Give an example.
Verbs without prefixes or suffixes, for example, "read", "live".
What is a compound verb?
Give an example.
A verb consisting of two stems, for example, "daydream"
"browbeat"
What are composite verbs?
Give an example.
Verbs consisting of a verb stem and an adverbial postposition, for example, "sit down" "go away"
How does adding postpositions affect verbs? Give an example.
The postposition can change the meaning of the verk for example, "to give up" means tu stop doing something.
What are the basic forms of the verb in modern English?
Infinitive, Past Indefinite, and Participle II.
What are the rules for forming the past tense of regular verbs?
The suffix -ed is added to the stem of the verb.
When is the final consonant doubled when adding -ed? Give an example.
When a short stressed vowel precedes it, for example, "to stop" - "stopped".
What are defective (anomalous) verbs? Give an example.
Verbs that don't
conjugate in all forms, for example,
"can - could".
Give an example of a verb with the same form for the infinitive, past tense, and participle Il.
"To put - put - put." to cut-cut-cut let - let - let
What are irregular verbs?
Verbs that change their form without adding -ed, for example, "to sing - sang - sung."
How do irregular verbs like
"to write" change their form?
"To write - wrote - written."
What verbs have forms that come from different stems? Give an example.
"To go - went - gone."
Which groups of verbs do not express a process and therefore are not used in the continuous form?
Verbs of perception, emotions, and states, for exam
"to see", "to believe".
How is the Present Perfect tense formed?
Present Perfect is formed with the auxiliary verb "to have" and Participle Il.
What forms are used for contracted affirmations in the Present Perfect tense?
"I've worked", "He's worked".
What verbs are defective in
English?
"Can" "must" "ought".
What are the three groups of verbs based on their meaning and loss of sense?
Notional verbs, auxiliary verbs, and link verbs.
Verbs in English are classified based on their morphological structure into simple, derived, compound, and composite. Which of the following is an example of a composite verb?
a) Speak
b) Give up
c) Magnify
d) Daydream
b) Give up
According to the rules of forming the past tense and participle for regular and irregular verbs, why does the verb "stop" become "stopped," while "live" becomes "lived"?
The final consonant is doubled in "stop" because it is preceded by a short stressed vowel. In "live," the consonant is not doubled because it follows a long vowel.
Identify the type of verb in the following sentence and its syntactic function: "He has been studying for hours."
This is a present perfect continuous verb, and it functions as the predicate, describing an action that started in the past and is still continuing.
Some verbs cannot be used in the continuous form. Which of the following verbs is correctly used in the continuous form?
a) I am knowing the answer.
b) She is hearing strange noises.
c) They are having lunch.
d) We are seeing the sights.
c) They are having lunch.
Explain the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs and provide an example of each from the following verbs: "run," "give."
Transitive verbs take a direct object (e.g., "He gives a gift"), while intransitive verbs do not (e.g., "She runs every morning").
What is the primary difference between finite and non-finite forms of verbs, and can you give an example of each?
Finite verbs express tense and agreement with the subject (e.g., "She works"), while non-finite verbs do not (e.g., "To work is important").