Communication Skills

1.2.5.Kinds of verbs

‘Be’ verbs

            Am, is, are, was, were, be, been are the ‘be’ verbs.

Present	Past	Future	Past Participle
am	was	will be	been
is	was	will be	been
are	were	will be	been

‘Have’ verbs

             Have, has, had are the ‘have’ verbs.

Present	Past	Future	Past Participle
Have	Had	Shall/will/have	Had
has	had	shall/will/have	had

Transitive verb :       

A transitive verb is a verb that passes the action of the does(subject) to the object.

           

            I wrote a letter to my friend. 

            She drinks boost in the morning.

            Mother prepares ice cream on Sundays.

Intransitive verb :     

An intransitive verb is a verb that does not  pass the action of the  subject to the object

            Some trees grow very tall.

            She laughs heartily.

            I get up early in the morning.

            The baby is sleeping.