Verb and its types

Verb is one of the eight parts of speech in English grammar. Verb is a part of speech that describes an action or indicates a state of being. For example: Mary bought BSA stroller for her baby from online baby shop. There are different types of verbs. Let’s identify the various types of verbs and its definitions in this post.
Transitive and Intransitive Verb:
Transitive verb is a type of verb that involves a direct object while on the other hand; intransitive verb is a type of verb that doesn’t involve a direct object.

Examples of Transitive Verb:
• Mary bought BSA stroller from online baby shop.
• She eats fish.
• Kids love games.
Here, all the sentences have direct object such as BSA stroller, fish and games respectively.

Examples of Intransitive Verb:
• The boy throws.
• He walks very fast.
• She reads well.
Here, all the three sentences do not have a direct object.

Main and Auxiliary Verb:
A sentence can have two inter-related verb that are termed as main and auxiliary verb. The main verb is the type of verb that describes the primary action and auxiliary verb is the type of verb that adds detail to it. Some of the most popularly used auxiliary verbs are to be, to have, to do and more. Auxiliary verbs are also referred as helping verbs. For example:
• She will buy gravity destroyers toys for her son’s third birthday. (Here, ‘will’ is the auxiliary verb that is helping the main verb ‘buy’ to convey the meaning.)
• Gravity destroyers toy can be bought from online shopping centers. (Here, ‘can be’ is the auxiliary verb that is helping the main verb ‘bought’.)

Modal Verbs:
Modal verbs are type of auxiliary verb that adds mood to a sentence, most commonly imperative and probability. For example:
• She should buy the gift before Christmas. (Here, ‘should’ is the modal verb.)
• I might visit my cousin’s place this weekend. (Here, ‘might’ is the modal verb.)
• I wouldn’t have done that if I was you. (Here, ‘wouldn’t’ is the modal verb.)
These are some of the basic types of verb and its examples.