Grammar Notes for Board Classes

Verbs that don't need a direct object to make sense.

Verbs that form past tense and past participle by adding '-ed' or '-d'.

Verbs whose past tense and past participle don't follow the '-ed' pattern.

Verbs formed with a preposition or adverb to change meaning.

Verbs followed by a reflexive pronoun, where the subject acts on itself.

Verbs that describe states, not actions.

Verbs that describe actions, often used in continuous tenses.

Verbs that show one person causing another to do something.

A verb that expresses a physical or mental action.

Examples include 'run', 'jump', 'think', 'write', 'sing', 'eat', etc.

A verb that connects the subject to a subject complement, describing or identifying the subject.

The linking verb is 'tastes'. It connects the subject 'pizza' to the complement 'delicious'.

Verbs that are used with a main verb to form a verb phrase, showing tense, mood, or voice.

A type of auxiliary verb that expresses necessity, possibility, permission, or ability.

The modal verb is 'might'. It expresses possibility.

A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning.

Verbs that don't show tense and lack a specific subject. They include infinitives, gerunds, and participles.

Infinitives, gerunds, and participles.

The base form of a verb often preceded by 'to.' They can act as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.

A verb form ending in '-ing' that acts like a noun.

Verb forms used as adjectives or to form verb tenses. They come in two types: present participle and past participle.

Verbs formed by combining two or more words.

Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They tell us how, when, where, or to what extent something happens.

Adjectives that describe a quality of a noun or pronoun.