Perpetual Help College of Pangasinan

Malasiqui Pangasinan

S.Y 2019-2020

A Module for

Grade: 10

Topic: WHAT IS VERB

Submitted by: John Joshua I. Cambaliza

(BSED-1 ENGLISH)

Submitted to: Ms.Sherilyn Perez

(TED 1204)
 WHAT IS VERB

Prepared by: Mr. John Joshua I. Cambaliza

I. INTRODUCTION

A word that characteristically is the grammatical center of a predicate and expresses an

act, occurrence, or mode of being, that in various languages is inflected for agreement with
the subject, for tense, for voice, for mood, or for aspect, and that typically has rather full
descriptive meaning and characterizing quality but is sometimes nearly devoid of these
especially when used as an auxiliary or linking verb.

A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the
predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen. Use (a word that is not conventionally
used as a verb, typically a noun) as a verb.

‘any English noun can be verbed, but some are more resistant than others’

II. OBJECTIVES

In this module, you should be able to:

1. Identify the importance of a verb
2. Analyze the difference between verb and adverb
3. Explain why the verb are important to sentence

III. PRE-TEST

A. Quick grammar quiz for you today. Take a look at these 10 sentences and choose the
correct verb. Let me know if you get 10/10. Which ones did you get wrong?

1. I ___ watching TV when Paul and Simon arrived.

Is Was
Were Am
2. Do you think he ___ what I said?

Understanding Understand

Understood

3. She ___ to learn English in Malta next summer.

Hopes Hoping
Hope

4. I don't think I've ever ___ on that sofa.

sat
sit sitting
 5. Tom ___ tired.
Looks look
Looking
6. When I was young I wanted to ___ a vet.
Be is
Was am
7. Did you used to ___ with dolls?
Play played
Playing
8. I've never ___ sushi before.
Eaten ate
Eat
9. The window was already ___ when I got here.
Break broke
Broken
10. Last night I ___ on the carpet and fell asleep.
Lie lay
Lied

IV. TOPICS

VERB

• There's a verb to describe these activities in the States: to futz.

• It will be noted that these begin with a verb stating the actions students are expected to
show.

• The analysis will also automatically identify all pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions
and verb forms in the text.

• Another section is devoted entirely to grammar drills, including the use of prepositions,
comparatives, negatives and verb tenses.

• In the next section we will also discuss the loss of a morphological rule that created
causative verbs from adjectives.

• The main noun in the subject is boldfaced, the verb is italicised.

• The verb in question is a contractible verb, just as in the case of Tag-Controlled

Deletion.

• Similarly, transitive verbs contrast directly with intransitive verbs, but only indirectly
with adjectives.

Examples of verb in a sentence:

The sun shines.

The horse neighs.

The monkey jumps.

Understanding Verbs
The words: am, is, are, was, and were, belong to the verb “to be”. We use ‘am’ or ‘was’ with the
pronoun ‘I’. We use ‘is’ or ‘was’ when the subject of the sentence is singular. We use ‘are’ or
‘were’ when the subject of the sentence is plural.

List of Example Sentences

I was late for school yesterday.

I am twelve years old.

She is a wonderful singer.

These questions are difficult.

He was planning to meet the doctor.

The Hollywood actors are famous.

They were winners last year.

It is a great feeling to win the trophy.

We use ‘is‘ with singular nouns and pronouns ‘he, she, it‘.

List of Example Sentences

My school is near my house.

This restaurant is closing down.

She is writing a postcard.

Dog is a faithful animal.

Ottawa is the capital of Canada.

He is acting strange today.

We use ‘are‘ with plural nouns and pronouns ‘we, you, they‘.

List of Example Sentences

The balloons are colourful.

They are best friends.

The kites are flying high in the sky.

They are planning to go by train.

We are going to win the match.

You are writing so untidily!

We use ‘are‘ when we join two or more nouns.

List of Example Sentences

John and Sam are brothers.

Joseph and we are neighbours.

Anne and Sue are enjoying the play.

Sharon and Jenny are competing for the gold medal.

Mrs. and Mr. Lee are planning to visit New Zealand.

If we write:

Phil is playing with a ball. (Correct)!

Phil are playing with a ball. (Incorrect) X

In the first sentence, the subject (Phil) is singular, so we need a singular verb (is playing). The
sentence is correct. In the second sentence, the subject (Phil) is singular, but the verb is plural
(are playing). The sentence is incorrect.

V. SUMMARY

Difference in verb and adverb

The primary difference between a verb and an adverb is what they depict. A verb
indicates an action being carried out by a noun. An adverb describes the nature, level, intensity or
type of action. A sentence can have a verb that describes a noun's action, but an adverb can't exist
without the presence of a verb.

Example

In the statement, "Jill reads quietly," "Jill" is the noun or subject of the sentence, "reads"
is the verb describing her action and "quietly" is the adverb that indicates the manner in which
she completes the action of reading.

The verb importance in sentence:

A verb is a part of speech used to describe motion or convey a subject in action. ... Verbs
are a very important part of speech because without them a sentence cannot exist. They serve
several purposes within a sentence: Make a statement – The dog ran home. Why Verbs Are
Important, A Brief English Grammar Synopsis

A verb is a word that come from the Latin word verbum. It is a part of speech that is used
to describe motion or convey a subject in action. Examples of verbs include: learn, walk, run,
read etc. in most languages a verb can be infected or modified to portray a specific tense, voice
or mood. There are also verbs that also have to agree with a certain gender, argument or person.
Verb must have specific tense. Present — indicates that the action is actually being carried out at
that moment. Past tense means that the action has already taken place and future tense means that
the action will be carried out.

VI. POST TEST

Parts of Speech - Verbs

Instructions: Write the answer before the number, Answer each question true or false.

1. Verbs never change form.

2. A verb is never just one word.
3. Verb phrases keep a definite order.
4. There are twenty-three helping verbs.
5. Helping verbs cannot be the main verb.
6. Helping verbs can be action verbs.
7. Verb phrases can have three helping verbs.
8. Verbs can be in contracted form.
9. State of being verbs show action.
10. Verbs are the most important words in a sentence.

VII. GLOSSARY

Verb (Linguistics)

Definition:

A verb is a member of the syntactic class of words that

typically signal events and actions

constitute, singly or in a phrase, a minimal predicate in a clause

govern the number and types of other constituents which may occur in the clause, and

in inflectional languages, may be inflected for

tense

aspect

voice

modality, or

agreement with other constituents in

person
number, or

grammatical gender.

Kinds:

Auxiliary Verb

Conjunctive Verb

Copula

Defective Verb

Finite Verb

Impersonal Verb

Irregular Verb

Lexical Verb

Nonfinite Verb

Phrasal Verb

Reflexive Verb

VIII. REFERENCES

Electronic Resources:

https://www.slideshare.net/daniholic/grade-10-english-learners-module

https://medium.com/@Grammar/importance-of-verbs-1e2ddf0b6396

https://glossary.sil.org/term/verb-linguistics