Verbs are a class of words used to show the performance of an action (do, throw, run), existence (be), possession (have), or state (know, love) of a subject.
Classification of Verbs
State (stative) are not usually used in continuous aspect
Exercise 15. Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Perfect instead of the infinitives in brackets.
1. Suddenly he (to grit) his teeth in angry exasperation. Not only he (to omit) to leave his card; he (to forget) to tell them who he (to be). 2. It (to be) perfectly true that he never (to take) the slightest interest in his clothes, a suit off the peg always (to serve) him excellently, (to cover) him, (to keep) him warm without elegance. 3. It (to be) nine o'clock and we (to come) to her room two hours before, as we (to do) often on those winter evenings. 4. At once Helen (to smile) at me; yet I (to see) that it (to be) an effort for her to clear her mind of what (to go) before. 5. Gideon (to wake) early that morning possibly because the ringing of the fire alarm (to be) in his mind most of the night. 6. He (to graduate) from Queen’s College before he (to take) his master’s degree at Christ Church, Oxford. 7. “What he (to say)? Tell us! Tell us!” He (to tell) them what he (to say) and what the rector (to say) and, when he (to tell) them, all the fellows (to fling) their caps and (to cry): “Hurroo!” 8. When he (to come back) to his seat his manner (to change). He (to be) gentle and kindly. 9. He (to see) he (to be) already further out than he (to hope) to be at this hour. 10. By the time Fenella (to take off) her coat and skirt and (to put on) her flannel dressing-gown, grandma (to be) quite ready. 11. No sooner we (to put down) our glasses than the waiter (to refill) them. 12. Inquiring for her at tea-time Soames (to leam) that Fleur (to be out) in the car since two.