walk

merge

try

eat

catch

cut

walks

merges

tries

eats

catches

cuts

walking

merging

trying

eating

catching

cutting

walked

merged

tried

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

ate

caught

cut

N/A

N/A

N/A

eaten

caught

cut

• connects the subject to a subject complement that identifies or describes the subject (any form of be (am, is, are, was, were, has been, are being, might have been, etc), become, and seem)
  • I am God # the subject complement God identifies the subjectI
  • Marcus is a God # the subject complement a God describes the subject Marcus

• is a verb followed by another full verb
• can be further divided into:
  • linking verbs - connects the subject to a subject complement (e.g. any form of be,do,have)
    • Marcus is flying
  • modal verbs - an auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility (e.g. must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may, might, etc)
    • Marcus must be flying

• requires a direct object to act upon
  • Could you phone the neighbors?
  • I caught a cold.

• does not require a direct object to act upon
  • They jumped.
  • Listen!

• some verbs may be used both ways
  • Urged by the others, she sang.
  • She sang the national anthem at the hockey game.

• Professor gives student the grades

• a group of words that behave as a verb: turn down, rule out, find out, go on
  • So i went on for some days…
  • effort to throw off sleep …

• verbs derived from adjectives

• verbs that act as nouns