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Types of Verbs

Types of Verbs. Intransitive 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 Verbs. Examples: “The mayor spoke” “Margaret slept”

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Types of Verbs

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  1. Types of Verbs • Intransitive Verbs • These verbs can end sentences • Can also be followed by ADVPS or PPs (which serve as ADVs, usually of manner, placeor time) • Do not require NPs or ADJPs to their right

  2. Types of Verbs • Examples: • “The mayor spoke” • “Margaret slept” • “The baby panda cried softly” (ADVP) • “The Titanic sank in 1912” (PP serving as an ADV of time)

  3. Types of Verbs • Transitive Verbs: • Cannot end sentences. • Must be followed by NPs (serving as Direct Objects or DOs)

  4. 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)

  5. Types of Verbs • Linking 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

  6. Types of Verbs • Can 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

  7. Types of Verbs • seem, become, remain • verbs of senses: taste, smell, sound, look, feel

  8. Types of Verbs • Examples: • “The president looked weary” • “The lasagna tasted scrumptious” • “Silas remained an honest man” • “Clark Kent became Superman”

  9. Types of Verbs • BE 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)

  10. Types of Verbs • Examples: • “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)

  11. Types of Verbs • Ditransitive 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

  12. Types of Verbs • Examples: • “The board gave the teachers a raise” • “Donald bought Sheila a diamond necklace”

  13. Types of Verbs • Can 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”

  14. Types of Verbs • Vc(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)

  15. Types of Verbs • Examples: • “Republicans consider Democrats big spenders” • “Some rock fans consider The Rolling Stones old-fashioned”

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