00:04In English grammar, verbs are categorized in several ways based on their function, form,
00:10and use.
00:11Here is a comprehensive list of the main types of verbs.
00:15Number one, action verbs, dynamic verbs.
00:18These verbs express actions, something that a subject does.
00:22The action can be physical, you can see it, or mental, you can't see it but it still
00:27happens.
00:29Physical actions, run, jump, dance, right.
00:32For example, she runs every morning.
00:35Mental actions, think, guess, consider, decide.
00:38For example, he thinks about his future.
00:41Number two, state of verbs.
00:43State of verbs describe a state or condition, something that simply is rather than something
00:49you actively do, they often refer to.
00:53Emotions, love, hate, prefer.
00:55For example, I love chocolate.
00:58Possession, own, have, belong.
01:00For example, she owns two cars.
01:03Senses and mental states, no, believe, seem, understand.
01:07For example, he knows the answer.
01:10Special note, state of verbs are not usually used in continuous being forms.
01:15For example, I am loving is less common than I love.
01:20Number three, transitive verbs.
01:23Transitive verbs require a direct object, something or someone that receives the action.
01:29Example, she reads a book.
01:32Book is the direct object.
01:34Example, they built a house.
01:36If you remove the object, the sentence feels incomplete.
01:40Example, she reads, there's a question about she reads what.
01:45Number four, intransitive verbs.
01:49Intransitive verbs do not take a direct object.
01:52The action stays with the subject, nothing receives it.
01:55For example, he sleeps.
01:58For example, the baby cried.
02:00For example, they arrived.
02:02You can add extra information like he sleeps at night, but there's no direct object being
02:08acted on.
02:09One, sleeps is an intransitive verb here, it does not require or take a direct object.
02:15At night is a prepositional phrase showing when you sleep, it is not a direct object.
02:20Number five, intransitive verbs.
02:23These verbs take two objects, a direct object, the thing given, and an indirect object, the
02:29person receiving it.
02:31For example, she gave her friend a gift.
02:34Her friend is an indirect object.
02:36A gift is a direct object.
02:39For example, he sent me a letter.
02:42Me is an indirect object.
02:44A letter is a direct object.
02:46Number six, auxiliary verbs, helping verbs.
02:50Auxiliary verbs help the main verb by showing tense, voice, or mood.
02:55Be verb, is, am, are, was, were, example, she is running.
03:02Have verb, has, have, had, example, they have eaten.
03:07Do verb, do, does, did, example, do you like pizza?
03:12These verbs often combine with main verbs to form questions, negatives, or verb phrases.
03:18Number seven, modal verbs.
03:20Modal verbs are a special type of auxiliary verbs.
03:23They are called as modal auxiliaries. They express ideas like ability, possibility, necessity, or
03:30permission. Can, ability. Example, she can swim. Must, necessity. Example, you must finish your
03:39homework. Might, possibility. Example, it might rain. They are always followed by the base form
03:46of the verb. Example, can go. Should study. Number eight. Linking verbs. Also called as copular
03:54verbs. Linking verbs connect the subject to more information about it. Example, she is
03:59a doctor. Is, links she, to a doctor. Example, he looks tired. Looks, links he, to tired. Example,
04:09they became angry. Means linking verbs act as a subject complement. Such as an adjective
04:14or noun.
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