Types of VerbsIntransitive Verbs
These verbs can end sentences
Can also be followed by ADVPS or PPs (which serve as ADVs, usually of manner, place or time)
Do not require NPs or ADJPs to their right
Types of VerbsExamples:
“The mayor spoke”
“Margaret slept”
“The baby panda cried softly” (ADVP)
“The Titanic sank in 1912” (PP serving as an ADV of time)
Types of VerbsTransitive Verbs:
Cannot end sentences.
Must be followed by NPs (serving as Direct Objects or DOs)
Types of Verbs“The secretary sealed the letter”
(You have to seal something)
“President Clinton supported the health care bill”
(You have to support something)
Types of VerbsLinking Verbs:
-Cannot end sentences
-Cannot be followed directly by ADVPs
What they do is “link” the phrases on each side of the main verb phrase
Types of VerbsCan be followed either by ADJPs (serving as Subject Complements/Predicate Adjectives) which generally summarize some characteristic of the subject noun) Or by NPs (serving as Subject Complements/Predicate Nouns) which generally refer to the same person or thing that the subject noun refers to
Types of VerbsExamples:
“The president looked weary”
“The lasagna tasted scrumptious”
“Silas remained an honest man”
“Clark Kent became Superman”
Types of VerbsBE Verb:
Is traditionally classified as a Linking Verb
Has one slight difference, however
Can be followed by a PP (serving as an ADV of time or place)
Types of VerbsExamples:
“Marilyn Monroe was insecure”
“The programmer is a math whiz”
vs.
“My mother was in the next room” (ADV of place)
“The test is on Friday” (ADV of time)
Types of VerbsDitransitive Verbs:
Vg (for the word “give”)
Are followed by two NPs
One functions as the Direct Object, the other as the Indirect Object
Remember: IOs receive DOs
Types of VerbsExamples:
“The board gave the teachers a raise”
“Donald bought Sheila a diamond necklace”
Types of VerbsCan have alternative form: IOs can be replaced by PPs introduced by “to” or “for”
“The board gave a raise to the teachers”
“Donald bought a diamond necklace for Sheila”
Types of VerbsVc (for the word “consider”)
Followed by an NP that functions as a Direct Object
Then another NP or ADJP that functions as an Object Complement (a phrase that modifies the Direct Object)
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