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Verb Examples

There are different kinds of verbs and forms of the verb. The examples of all that kinds and the forms of the verb are given below:

1. Examples of action verbs:

• I designed a rainbow in the sky. (designed)
• Rohan’s brother scattered all his toys. (scattered)
• The committee works hard to improve the schools. (works)
• Here, into the main ring of the circus, comes the trained elephant. (comes)
• Either the worker or the boss delivers the items. (delivers)
• Virat Kohli scored a double century in the last match against Sri Lanka. (scored)
• The tiger was chasing a wild buffalo. (chasing)
• People have been standing in the queue since morning. (standing)
• Rani and Sita cook delicious food. (cook)
• Rohan visited his grandfather in the village. (visited)

2. Examples of linking verbs:

• Dogs are man’s best friends. (are)
• The library is next to the principal’s office. (is)
• I am your leader. (am)
• The cake looks so delicious. (look)
• The weather was quite clear yesterday. (was)
• Good bookstalls are near the city. (are)
• Ajay is a very good student. (is)
• The crops grow in the field. (grow)
• I feel very hungry at lunchtime. (feel)
• I want to become a responsible citizen and a social worker. ( become, and)

3. Examples of transitive & intransitive verb

The verb with an object is called a transitive verb

Examples:

• Rohan was painting the wall.
• Reena cooked a sandwich.
• Ram and Shyam were reading a book.
• John sent an email to his friend.
• Sunil opened the door.
• I visited my friend.
• Someone rang the door.
• Rani keeps her things neatly.
• We read in the morning.
• He came here on Monday.

The verb without an object is called an intransitive verb.

Examples:

• He cries.
• They sing and dance too.
• Reena cooked.
• Birds fly.
• Rohan was painting.
• The dog jumped.
• He smiled.
• The plane took off.
• After dressing up, he left.
• Ram and Shyam were reading.

4. Examples of causative verb

Causative verbs are verbs that cause something to happen. E.g., let, make, have, get, help, etc. examples of the causative verbs in the sentence are given below:

• I made him laugh.
• I shall make him laugh.
• I get my shirt cleaned.
• I have my shirt cleaned.
• I had my shirt cleaned.
• I got my shirt cleaned.
• He let me go into the room.
• My teacher allowed me to take the examination.
• I helped him in doing yoga.

5. Examples of auxiliaries; is, am, are, was, were. These are used in the formation of continuous tense.

• I was studying when my friend came home.
• The children were playing in the park yesterday.
• He is shopping with his friends at the moment.
• I am going to paint this wall.
• They were not talking when the teacher entered the classroom.
• It is a very cold day today.
• We are celebrating Tia’s birthday.
• The bird is building its nests.
• I am doing my homework.
• The boys were cleaning their bicycles.

6. Examples of auxiliaries do, does, did. These are used in the formation of negative and interrogative sentences of present indefinite and past indefinite tense.

• Does she weak and thin?
• Does the sun appear from behind the clouds?
• Did Ramesh grow weak and thin after playing for a long time?
• Do john and raj miss going for a swim in the lake?
• Did this plumber fix the taps well?
• Do they play badminton every evening?
• Does he not read the storybook?
• Do they not go for a swim?
• Did she not watch television?
• Does the plumber not fix the taps very well?

7. Examples of auxiliaries have, and had. These are used in the formation of perfect tenses.

• Rohan has bought tickets for the show.
• We have reached the station on time.
• She had gone to Italy.
• He has scored well on the test.
• They have cooked the food today.
• They have been working hard on the project.
• He had been watching him for the last two years.
• The boxer has been practicing since yesterday evening.
• Children have been running around the garden since morning.
• The Chinese had been preparing for a war for a long time.

8. Examples of the auxiliary have to. Have to is used with the infinitive to indicate obligation.

• I have to be there by five o’clock.
• He has to move the furniture himself.

9. Examples of past form auxiliary had to, is used to express obligation in the past.

• I had to be there by five o’clock.
• He had to move the furniture himself.

10. Examples of auxiliary shall/will. These are used in the formation of the future tense.

• Ramesh and Gopal will eat these fruits later.
• I shall understand this poem after reading it myself.
• The plants will die if we don’t water them regularly.
• Will you deliver this parcel to the office tomorrow?
• Shall I take my dog for a walk in the evening?
• Shall she play in the park tomorrow?
• They will come home for the summer vacation in May.
• Will Suresh read this story to his sister tonight?
• Will Suresh and Ramesh play football on Sunday?

11. Examples of modals auxiliary verb. Modal auxiliary verbs help express ideas, possibility, permission, necessity, etc.

• The poet would sit by the river for hours.
• I would do anything to please you.
• I would like to have a cup of coffee.
• Would you please help me with my homework?
• We should respect our elders.
• Should you miss the train, please call me.
• You should read this book.
• You shouldn’t stay up late at night.
• Shouldn’t she have finished by now?
• A camel can survive without water for several days.
• You can’t watch TV until you have finished your homework.
• Can I borrow your book?
• Could you please explain this again?
• I could do it now if you want.
• She may win the booker prize this year.
• May you get all that you wish for!
• May I have another cup of coffee, please?
• You might try our new range of ovens.
• Might we need more money for the project?
• You must not cross the red signal.
• Ramesh must consult a good doctor.
• You must improve your spelling.
• This publication ought to be very useful.
• We ought to respect our elders.
• I used to live in my village when I was young.
• She used not to tell lies.
• We need to be more careful about coronavirus.
• Does he need to go now?
• They don’t need to go in informal uniforms.
• How dare you come to my room?
• He does not dare to go to a dark place.
• She dared not to speak a lie.

12. Examples of prepositional verb

• Thought is expressed by means of work.
• You must keep on trying to succeed.
• I gave up because I didn’t know the answer.
• In spite of the heavy rain, he didn’t bring an umbrella.
• The thief was given in when the police surrounded him.
• The child got out of the house as the door was open.
• He was hit by a car.
• I have recently got over the flu.
• He held up his head with pride.
• He gets through his examination.
• A long time has gone by since we last met.

13. Examples of phrasal verb

• He will be brought to book for his misdeed.
• Please send a reply to my letter by return of post.
• By and large, this school is better than that.
• Much of what you say is beside the point.
• Terrorism is the burning question of the day.
• Have you got any bosom friends?
• From the top of the Goalghar, we can get a bird’s – eye view of work well.
• They always leave a cat-and-dog life.
• A soldier must not be chicken-hearted.
• There was a cold-blooded murder of a passer-by last night.

14. Examples of regular & irregular verb

Regular verbs follow a pattern to make their past and past participle form. They add the suffix ‘ed’ in the base form for the formation. Look at the examples of regular verbs given below:

Base form	Past form	Past participle form
lie	lied	lied
climb	climbed	climbed
prove	proved	proved
walk	walked	walked
Light	Lighted	Lighted
paint	painted	painted
laugh	laughed	laughed
flow	flowed	flowed
admire	admired	admired
close	closed	closed
achieve	achieved	achieved
Hang	Hanged	Hanged
Flee	Fled	Fled
Dream	Dreamed	Dreamed
Feed	Fed	Fed
Learn	Learned	Learned
Mislead	Misled	Misled
Prove	Proved	Proved
Quit	Quitted	Quitted
Saw	Sawed	Sawed
Smell	Smelled	Smelled
Shave	Shaved	Shaved
Spoil	Spoiled	Spoiled
Owe	Owed	Owed
Work	Worked	Worked

Irregular verbs do not follow the pattern. They take different ways to make past and past participle forms. Normally there are three ways:

1. Verbs in all three forms are the same.
2. Verbs in two forms are the same.
3. Verbs are different in all forms.

Examples of all the three ways are given below:

i) All three forms are the same

Base form	Past form	Participle form
cut	cut	cut
let	let	let
put	put	put
set	set	set
read	read	read
cost	cost	cost
hurt	hurt	hurt
hit	hit	hit
bet	bet	bet
shut	shut	shut
spread	spread	spread
split	split	split
burst	burst	burst
Rid	Rid	Rid
Hurt	Hurt	Hurt
Cast	Cast	Cast
Knit	Knit	Knit

ii) Verb’s two forms are the same

Base form	Past form	Participle form
win	won	won
tell	told	told
sit	sat	sat
make	made	made
sleep	slept	slept
think	thought	thought
stand	stood	stood
become	became	became
feed	fed	fed
get	got	got
hear	heard	heard
leave	left	left
pay	paid	paid
meet	met	met
hold	held	held
Beat	Beat	Beaten
find	found	found
have	had	had
lose	lost	lost
come	came	came
Catch	Caught	Caught
Seek	Sought	Sought
Bend	Bent	Bent
Bleed	Bled	Bled
Bring	Brought	Brought
Buy	Bought	Bought
Dwell	Dwelt	Dwelt
Feel	Felt	Felt
Fling	Flung	Flung
Hang	Hung	Hung
Kneel	Knelt	Knelt
Lay	Laid	Laid
Lend	Lent	Lent
Mean	Meant	Meant
Run	Ran	Ran
Say	Said	Said
Sell	Sold	Sold
Send	Sent	Sent
Shoot	Shot	Shot
Stink	Stunk	Stunk
Sweep	Swept	Swept
Swing	Swung	Swung
Teach	Taught	Taught
Understand	Understood	Understood
Weep	Wept	Wept
Wind	Wound	Wound
Withhold	Withheld	Withheld
Awake	Awoke	Awoke

iii) Verb’s all forms are different

Base form	Past form	Participle form
Be (is, am, are)	Was/were	been
drink	drank	drunk
see	saw	seen
speak	spoke	spoken
write	wrote	written
Forgive	forgave	forgiven
Break	Broke	Broken
Arise	Arose	Arisen
Choose	chose	chosen
Give	Gave	Given
Know	Knew	Known
Go	went	Gone
Fall	Fell	Fallen
Freeze	Froze	Frozen
Grow	Grew	Grown
Bear	Bore	Born
Begin	Began	Begun
Blow	Blew	Blown
Break	Broke	Broken
Do	Did	Done
Ride	Rode	Ridden
Draw	Drew	Drawn
Drive	Drove	Driven
Eat	Ate	Eaten
Fall	Fell	Fallen
Fly	Flew	Flown
Forbid	Forbade	Forbidden
Forget	Forgot	Forgotten
Forgive	Forgave	Forgiven
Forsake	Forsook	Forsaken
Ring	Rang	Rung
Rise	Rose	Risen
Shake	Shook	Shaken
Show	Showed	Shown
Shrink	Shrank	Shrunk
Sing	Sang	Sung
Sink	Sank	Sunk
Slay	Slew	Slain
Sow	Sowed	Sown
Spring	Sprang	Sprung
Steal	Stole	Stolen
Stink	Stank	Stunk
Strew	Strewed	Strewn
Strive	Strove	Striven
Swear	Swore	Sworn
Swim	Swam	Swum
Take	Took	taken
Tear	Tore	Torn
Throw	Threw	Thrown
Wear	Wore	Worn
Weave	Wove	Woven

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