1. Action Verbs (See also Dynamic verbs.): Verbs that express physical or mental actions.

• Examples:
  • The dog chased the squirrel.
  • She sang a beautiful song.
  • We danced all night.
  • He thinks deeply about the problem.
  • They climbed the mountain.

2. Stative verbs: Expressing states, not actions Stative Verbs: Verbs that describe a state of being, condition, or relation.

• Examples:
  • I believe in you.
  • She seems happy.
  • The flowers smell wonderful.
  • This soup tastes delicious.
  • He owns a big house.

1. Linking Verbs: The Hidden Connectors of English (Copula verbs): Verbs that connect the subject to a word or phrase that describes or identifies it (subject complement).

• Examples:
  • He is a doctor.
  • She looks tired.
  • The food smells burnt.
  • The sky became cloudy.
  • They feel happy.

4. Auxiliary (helping) verbs: Verbs that help main verbs to express tense, mood, or voice.

• Examples:
  • He is running.
  • They have finished their work.
  • She will go to the party.
  • We should study for the exam.
  • I am eating lunch.

5. Modal verbs: Verbs that express possibility, necessity, permission, or ability.

• Examples:
  • You must follow the rules.
  • She can speak three languages.
  • We might go to the beach tomorrow.
  • They should arrive soon.
  • He may come to the party.

6. Transitive Verbs (See also Transitive vs. intransitive verbs.): that take a direct object (something or someone that receives the action).

• Examples:
  • She kicked the ball.
  • He wrote a letter.
  • They ate dinner.
  • We watched a movie.
  • I love my dog.

7. Intransitive Verbs: Verbs that do not take a direct object.

• Examples:
  • The baby cried.
  • The sun shines.
  • He laughed.
  • We walked to the park.
  • The birds are singing.

8. The world of phrasal verbs: A unique challenge in English: A combination of a verb and a preposition or adverb that creates a new meaning.

• Examples:
  • He woke up early.
  • They ran out of milk.
  • We looked up the information.
  • She gave up smoking.
  • He turned down the offer.

9. Regular verbs Regular Verbs: Verbs that follow a standard pattern for forming past tense and past participle (add -ed).

• Examples:
  • walk - walked - walked
  • talk - talked - talked
  • jump - jumped - jumped
  • play - played - played
  • cook - cooked - cooked

10. Irregular verbs: A glimpse into the history of English: Verbs that do not follow the standard pattern for forming past tense and past participle.

• Examples:
  • eat - ate - eaten
  • go - went - gone
  • see - saw - seen
  • be - was/were - been
  • do - did - done