English Hold: Verb

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<b><u><span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Verb</span></u></b><u><span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The word which is used to indicate the act is known
as verb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">    An action word is called verb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No sentence can be considered complete without a verb as verb
is an essential part of a sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Action and Linking Verb<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let us consider two more sentences
from the same passage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">        
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
work a six day week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">        
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Each
day is divided into<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the first sentence work is a verb as it indicates an
action.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In second sentence <u>is</u> is a verb though it does not
indicate an action.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Work</span></u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> is said to be an Action Verb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Is</span></u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
is said to be a Linking Verb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now let us see what does these two mean;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Action Verb is a word that says something about the subject
e.g. Boys <u>Play</u>, Mother <u>cleans</u>, Girls <u>cook</u>, Father <u>serves</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Linking Verb cannot complete the sentence by itself. It is
followed by other word or words which are known as subject complete. These
words may be nouns, pronouns, adjectives or adverbs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Examples<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">          </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She <u>is</u> pretty girl.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            (Linking
Verb followed by an adjective)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            She <u>is</u>
eating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            (Linking
Verb followed by an action verb)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Transitive and Intransitive Verb<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Action verbs can be used in two
different ways i.e. “Transitive”                  and “Intransitive”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            Consider the following examples<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                I
ate a banana.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                I
broke a cup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                She
stopped the car.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                He
rang the bell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They laugh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She sleeps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You might have noticed that in the first four sentences there
is an object after the verb and in the absence of the object the sentence does
not make any clear sense. In such a case verb is known Transitive Verb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sentence pattern here is            </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                                 S            V                      O<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                            Subject       Verb                Object<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In this case verb is known as Intransitive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Some verbs may be transitive in one sentence and intransitive
in another.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Examples<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            <b>Transitive                                   Intransitive<o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            I ate a cake                            I ate heartily<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            He played a match                  He played very well<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            They stopped the car              They stopped immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Some verb which are transitive may be used intransitively to
express a passive idea. Their subjects usually denote things rather than
persons.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                        The books were easily
read.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                        The bread was very soft.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                        The houses were clean.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                        All linking verbs are
intransitive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Auxiliary and Lexical Verbs<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            Let’s see the following sentences.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                        She has been crying for
hours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                        I will be having dinner
at that time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                        They might approve this
effort.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            In all these sentences action verb
has been used with other words to make meaningful sentences. These helping
words are known as Auxiliary Verbs e.g. has been, will be, might. Auxiliary
Verbs help the main (action) verb and tell the time (present, past future).
Following are the most commonly used auxiliaries:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            Shall, should, have, be, may, might,
do, will, would, can, could etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            If two or more words are joined
together into a single verb phrase that functions as the full verb of the
predicate, the first part of the phrase is the auxiliary and the second part is
the lexical verb. Let us analyze the above sentences.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She
has been crying for hours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(has been) is the
auxiliary verb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(crying) is the lexical
verb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
will be having <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">‘will be’ (auxiliaries)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">‘having’ (lexical)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            This shows that auxiliary verb acts
as a ‘helping’ verb to the lexical             main verb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            But there are some auxiliaries which
occur independently such as:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                        ‘be’, ‘have’ ‘do’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            Similarly a lexical verb may have no
auxiliaries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            He cries, he
cries<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            No auxiliary               he cries<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            One auxiliary              he will cry<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            Two auxiliaries           he has been crying <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            Three                         he may have been crying<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Principal Parts of a Verb<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Having discussed the various kinds of verb let us now see how
a verb can be used in different sentences.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One verb can be used in four different ways in four different
sentences. Let us take the example of eat. It can be used in the following
ways:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
eat banana               (Infinitive
Simple form)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
am eating banana    (Present participle)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
ate banana               (used for perfect
tense or passive forms)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These basic forms of a verb are called the principal parts of
the verb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Regular Verb<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All the verbs do not form their past and past participle in
same way. A verb that forms its past and past participle by adding ‘d’ or ‘ed’
to its infinitive is called a Regular Verb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Example<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Decide, work, talk, listen, knock,
laugh, ask, miss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Irregular Verb<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are many verbs which do not
follow any set rules and form their past and past participle in some other way.
Such verbs are known as <u>Irregular Verbs.<o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Examples<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                        Sleep                Slept                Slept<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                        Speak               Spoke             Spoken<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">                        Eat                    Ate                  Eaten<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Verbs does not only tell us the
action carried out by the subject but also the time in which the action is
carried out. The time expressed by a verb is called the tense of the verb.
Every verb has six tenses.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            The future tense                      I will sleep<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            The present perfect tense      I have slept<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            The past perfect tense            I had slept<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            The future perfect tense         I will have slept or would<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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six tenses has an additional form called the progressive from, which expresses
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The past continuous                           I was sleeping<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The future continuous                         I will be sleeping<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The present perfect continuous           I have been sleeping<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The past perfect continuous                I had been sleeping<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The future perfect continuous             I
will have been sleeping<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Verb Phrases<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Linking verbs which we have already
discussed in detail besides performing the linking purpose serve as helping
verbs as well in verb phrases. A verb phrase consists of a main verb preceded
by one or more helping verbs. These helping verbs work together with main verbs
as a unit known as verb phrase.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            Should                          move<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            Had been                      thinking<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">            May have been              stolen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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verbs can also be formed by adding a preposition to certain verbs. This changed
the meaning of the verb; let us see a few examples:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Phrasal Verbs<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Unfortunately
the plan <u>fell through.<o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m <u>fed
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I wanted to <u>find
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accused of <u>taking</u> part in the robbery two <u>years ago,</u> but he got
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Daughters
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The bomb was
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Verb And Kinds of Verb

Verb The word which is used to indicate the act is known as verb. An action word is called verb. No sentence ...