English Verbs: Verbs: 62 Topics & 34 Lists

Description

Welcome to “English Verbs”, a book designed to explore the essential elements of English verbs and provide comprehensive coverage of 62 verb topics

The book is structured into sections to enhance clarity, comprehension, and easy navigation through the topics. The first section explores the vocabulary associated with verbs, providing terms(number, voice, tenses, aspects, mood, transitivity, modality) and concepts essential for understanding English verbs. The definitions of a wide range of verb categories and types are given and their properties, differences, and similarities are shown.

The second section covers various types of verbs, starting from action verbs and state verbs to auxiliary verbs, modal verbs, light verbs, irregular verbs, copular verbs, transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, and phrasal verbs. Each verb type is fully explained including their conjugations, forms,  functions, and usage.

In other sections, the book deals with Subject-verb agreements, verb patterns, and various verb-verb combinations, and provides clarity on how verbs interact within sentences or combine with other parts of speech.

The book “ English Verbs” also explains how verbs are formed, and the processes involved in verb formation (derivation, conversion, and compounding),. and contains 34 tables and lists of verbs as Vocabulary Builder.

This book is recommended for all English students and earners. Understanding verbs’ types and usage is fundamental to proficiency in English. Verbs offer a wide range of creative expressive possibilities and are the backbones of communication. Verbs give meanings to sentences; show the doer and receiver of actions; express perceptions, emotions, and thoughts;  and also convey the wishes, intentions, and attitude of the speaker.