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In the following sentences, identify the transitive, intransitive or incomplete verbs and
match them to their respective ovals by drawing lines.
1. The boy is flying a kite.
2. The child laughs. Transitive
3. Mr Batra appears.

4. They want their books.
5. He will be a soldier.
6. I shall sleep.
7. He is writing an essay. Intransitive
8. The boy seemed.
9. The girl answered.
10. Sangeeta loves her parents.
11. My sister was angry. Incomplete
12. Lakshman sings.

Let’s Learn Verbs
A verb is a word that tells us what a noun or a subject does. It also tells us about an event,
state or an action and its time. The verb takes its form always in conjugation with the Tense.
The verb is important in a sentence because it is the central part of it. It divides a sentence
into subject part and predicate part. For example:

Neeta is sleeping in her room. He was crying all day.
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The concert will happen tomorrow. He won the first prize.
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Based on their function, verbs are of two kinds.

The main verbs (principal verbs) are called ‘doing words’.
For example: stand, run, walk, eat, etc.

The helping verbs (auxiliary verb) serve as a helper to the main verb in a sentence.

For example: be, do, have, can, etc.
Auxiliaries or Auxiliary verbs are of three kinds.

Primary Auxiliaries: They are of three kinds:

Be verbs: am, is, are, was, were Do verbs: do, does, did
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l Have verbs: has, have, had
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