Phonetics

Function verbs are divided into three: link verbs, modal verbs, auxiliary verbs.

• Function verbs are divided into three: link verbs, modal verbs, auxiliary verbs.
• Link verbs are verbs which having combined with nouns, adjectives, prepositional phrases and so on.
• Modal verbs are small group of verbs which usually express the modal meaning, the speaker’s attitude to the action, expressed by the notional verb in the sentence.
• Besides in present-day English there is another group of verbs which are called auxiliaries. They are used to form analytical forms of verbs. Verbs: to be, to do, to have and so on

Regular and Irregular Verbs

• Regular and Irregular Verbs
• From the point of view of the formation of the Past Tense verbs are classified into two groups:
• 1) Regular verbs which form their basic forms by means of productive suffixes-(e)d. The majority of verbs refer to this class.
• 2)Irregular verbs form their basic forms by such non-productive means as:

a) variation of sounds in the root:

• a) variation of sounds in the root:
• should -would –initial consonant change
• begin -began -begun –vowel change of the root, catch -caught-caught-root-vowel and final consonant change, spend -spent-spent- final consonant change;
• b) suppletion: be–was/were, go –went
• unchanged forms: cast-cast-cast,
• put-put–put

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

• Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
• Verbs can also be classified from the point of view of their ability of taking objects. In accord with this we distinguish two types of verbs: transitive and intransitive. The former type of verbs are divided into two:
• a) verbs which are combined with direct object: to have a book to find the address
• b) verbs which take prepositional objects: to wait for, to look at, talk about, depend on…