Verb and Adverb

Subject: ECLS-IICourse: Diploma

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THE VERB

• A verb is a word that tells or asserts something about a person or thing

• Derived from the Latin word “verbum” i.e. a word

• It is the most important word in a sentence.e.g.1. I am learning the piano.2. The watch has been found.

A verb may tells us

• It tells what a person or thing does.• It indicates what is to be done to a person or

thing• It also indicates what a person or thing is.• It is a word used to tell or assert something

about some person or thing

Lets study some examples

• The student kicked the football

• The girl yelled loudly

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Transitive Verb

• The student kicked the football

• The action denoted by the verb kicked passes over from the doer to the object.

• This type of verb where the action passes over is called a Transitive Verb

Examples

• The ants fought the wasps• The cannon shot sank the ship• The driver started the train• The horse kicked the trainer• The boys were playing carrom• The group sang the sonnet(song)

There are 3 types of Verbs

• Action Verbs

• Linking Verbs

• Helping Verbs

Action Verb

• An Action Verb tells exactly…”What is the exact action that the subject is doing

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Linking Verbs

• The verbs that connect the noun or the adjective to the predicate

• Common Linking Verbs are

• Am/Is/are Was/Were Being/Been

Helping Verbs

• Helping Verbs help the main verb express the tense and voice of the sentence

• Helping Verbs always need an action verb with them

• Ramanuj will go to the railway station

helping action

• Adverbs are words that describe the actions or describe the main verb

• Adverbs tell something more about the verb or qualifies/describes the verb further.

Adverbs

Types of

• Adverbs of Time answers the question WHEN??

• Adverbs generally end in “ly”

• Slowly, Today, Tomorrow, yesterday, now, then

Adverbs

Adverbs of Place

• Answers the question---Where??

• Here, there, somewhere, nowhere, far near, up, down, sidewards

Examples of Adverb of Place

• I have misplaced my keys here yesterday

• The magician pulled out a rabbit out of nowhere as he put his hand in the empty hat.

• It answers the question---”To What Extent”??• Very, Quite, Hardly, Fairly, Radically, hardly,

extremely, nearly, are some of the commonly used Adverbs to describe a degree.

Adverb Clause of Degree

Examples of Clause of Degree

• The government servants hardly go to the office.

• The Final exams were extremely tricky• Milkha Singh had nearly won the race before

he lost it.• The arrival of Mahatma Gandhi radically

changed the scene of the Indian Indepence movement.

Adverb of Frequency

• It answers the question---How Often???

• Words like Always, never, seldom, once, usually, occassionally, frequently,

Examples of Adverb of Frequency

• Miss Demelo is usually on time at the office.• The Professor never bothers to greet the

Principal.• Mr. Ram has a bad habit of taking unplanned

leaves frequently.• It is okay to have sweets once in a while

References and Bibliography

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