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According to the semantic classification English verbs
are divided into the following groups:
Notional
Seminotional
Impersonal
to see, to write
can, may to rain
to go, to open
must, shall to snow
to read
will, ought to
to paint
need, should
to love, to hope
could, would
might, be, have
1) Notional verbs have their full meaning.They
can form the
predicate without the help of the auxiliary or semi-notional verbs: She
speaks
English
well.
My
sister
lives
in
London.
2) Semi notional verbs are functional verbs which with the help of the
notional verbs form the predicate of the sentence, expressing the
attitude of the speaker towards his(her) action, state or to the reality.
They
are modal verbs, auxiliary verbs, link verbs. 2.1. Modal verbs
express the attitude of the speaker towards his/her action or state : She
may come tonight ; You must keep your promise (these
modal verbs
form compound verbal modal predicate) ; 2.2. Modal verbs should,
would, may, might, could are used for the formation of the subjunctive
mood expressing the attitude of the speaker towards the reality : I
crouched against the wall of the gallery so that I should not be seen.(Du
Maurier) ; If any of your family should come to my house, I should be
delighted to welcome them.(Trollope) ; I could have done very well if
I had been without the Murdstones.(Dickens) ; Of course, I shall come
for your marriage, whenever that may be fixed.(Trollope) ; However
tired he might (may) be he will go to the concert. 2.3. There are verbs
which have lost their lexical meaning at all or preserved them at some
extent , in these cases they are used in the
function of link verbs in
combination with the nominal part ( predicative) and form the
compound nominal predicate : be , seem, look, grow , etc. : She looks
young ; He seems old ; He grew pale when he heard this sad news ;
She
is
a
student
3) Impersonal verbs don’t have determinate subject. In the example “It
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rains”,
rain
is an impersonal verb and the pronoun “it” does not refer
to anything. Impersonal verbs are used to express operation of nature,
mental activity and acts with no reference to the doer: It snows ; It
lightenes.
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