Types of VerbsIntransitive Verbs

These verbs can end sentences

Can also be followed by ADVPS or PPs (which serve as ADVs, usually of manner, place or time)

Do not require NPs or ADJPs to their right

Types of VerbsExamples:

“The mayor spoke”

“Margaret slept”

“The baby panda cried softly” (ADVP)

“The Titanic sank in 1912” (PP serving as an ADV of time)

Types of VerbsTransitive Verbs:

Cannot end sentences.

Must be followed by NPs (serving as Direct Objects or DOs)

Types of Verbs“The secretary sealed the letter”

(You have to seal something)

“President Clinton supported the health care bill”

(You have to support something)

Types of VerbsLinking Verbs:

-Cannot end sentences

-Cannot be followed directly by ADVPs

What they do is “link” the phrases on each side of the main verb phrase

Types of VerbsCan be followed either by ADJPs (serving as Subject Complements/Predicate Adjectives) which generally summarize some characteristic of the subject noun) Or by NPs (serving as Subject Complements/Predicate Nouns) which generally refer to the same person or thing that the subject noun refers to

Types of Verbsseem, become, remain

verbs of senses: taste, smell, sound, look, feel

Types of VerbsExamples:

“The president looked weary”

“The lasagna tasted scrumptious”

“Silas remained an honest man”

“Clark Kent became Superman”

Types of VerbsBE Verb:

Is traditionally classified as a Linking Verb

Has one slight difference, however

Can be followed by a PP (serving as an ADV of time or place)

Types of VerbsExamples:

“Marilyn Monroe was insecure”

“The programmer is a math whiz”

vs.

“My mother was in the next room” (ADV of place)

“The test is on Friday” (ADV of time)

Types of VerbsDitransitive Verbs:

Vg (for the word “give”)

Are followed by two NPs

One functions as the Direct Object, the other as the Indirect Object

Remember: IOs receive DOs

Types of VerbsExamples:

“The board gave the teachers a raise”

“Donald bought Sheila a diamond necklace”

Types of VerbsCan have alternative form: IOs can be replaced by PPs introduced by “to” or “for”

“The board gave a raise to the teachers”

“Donald bought a diamond necklace for Sheila”

Types of VerbsVc (for the word “consider”)

Followed by an NP that functions as a Direct Object

Then another NP or ADJP that functions as an Object Complement (a phrase that modifies the Direct Object)

Types of VerbsExamples:

“Republicans consider Democrats big spenders”

“Some rock fans consider The Rolling Stones old-fashioned”