10 Questions
What does a verb generally convey in syntax?
An action, an occurrence, or a state of being
What are the tenses verbs have?
Present, past, future
In many languages, how are verbs modified?
To encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice
What does a verb agree with?
The person, gender or number of some of its arguments
What is the basic form of a verb in English?
Infinitive
Verbs can only convey actions and occurrences, not states of being.
False
Verbs always agree with the gender of their subject.
False
Verbs can be inflected to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice.
True
The basic form of a verb in English is always in the infinitive form.
True
Verbs can only be modified with the particle 'to' in English.
False
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