E_English Grammar Course E_English Grammar Course Unit 5 Lecture 5. Verb & its complements 1. Different classifications of English verbs 2. Grammatical categories of the verb 3. Intensive complementation 4. Monotransitive complementation 5. Ditransitive complementation 6. Complextransitive complementation Issues Issues Click at the underlined to view the whole explanation Classifications of English verbs Classifications of English verbs 1 Verb Verb 1/1 according to classified Possibility of admitting progressive aspect Possibility of admitting progressive aspect Functions of items Functions of items Complementation Complementation Structure Structure = words or phrases indicating an action, an event, or a state E.g.: kiss, break out, have Classifications of English verbs Classifications of English verbs 1 Verbs Verbs 1/1 according to classified Functions of items Functions of items Lexical verbs Lexical verbs Auxiliary verbs Auxiliary verbs Classifications of English verbs Classifications of English verbs 1 Verbs Verbs 1/1 according to classified Functions of items Functions of items Lexical verbs Lexical verbs Auxiliary verbs Auxiliary verbs Regular Regular Irregular Irregular E.g.: book, booked, booked E.g.: teach, taught, taught Classifications of English verbs Classifications of English verbs 1 Verbs Verbs 1/1 according to classified Functions of items Functions of items Lexical verbs Lexical verbs Auxiliary verbs Auxiliary verbs Primary Primary Modal Modal Marginal modal auxiliary Marginal modal auxiliary Classifications of English verbs Classifications of English verbs 1 Verbs Verbs 1/1 according to classified Functions of items Functions of items Lexical verbs Lexical verbs Auxiliary verbs Auxiliary verbs Primary Primary Modal Modal Marginal modal auxiliary Marginal modal auxiliary • include: do, have, be • change meaning when becoming a full verb E.g.: I am a student. vs. I am reading. Classifications of English verbs Classifications of English verbs 1 Verbs Verbs 1/1 according to classified Functions of items Functions of items Lexical verbs Lexical verbs Auxiliary verbs Auxiliary verbs Primary Primary Modal Modal Marginal modal auxiliary Marginal modal auxiliary • include: Can – could May – Might Shall-should Will-would Must Ought to Classifications of English verbs Classifications of English verbs 1 Verbs Verbs 1/1 according to classified Functions of items Functions of items Lexical verbs Lexical verbs Auxiliary verbs Auxiliary verbs Primary Primary Modal Modal Marginal modal auxiliary Marginal modal auxiliary • include: used to, dare, need Classifications of English verbs Classifications of English verbs 1 Verbs Verbs 1/1 according to classified Complementation Complementation Intensive verbs Intensive verbs Extensive verbs Extensive verbs [...]... verbs Verbs classified according to Possibility of admitting progressive aspect Stative verbs = verbs that show the condition or status and do not accept the progressive aspect E.g.: I am a boy It feels thin Verbs of inert perception & recognition Relational verbs 1/1 1 Classifications of English verbs Verbs classified according to Possibility of admitting progressive aspect Stative verbs Verbs of inert . status and do not accept the progressive aspect E.g.: I am a boy. It feels thin. Classifications of English verbs Classifications of English verbs 1 Verbs