CAT Calling : Part III

Verbs

Two types of verbs are there :
Transitive Verbs and Intransitive Verbs
Transitive Verbs have subjects or objects that are receivers of action
Intransitive Verbs have none.

These are just some of the freaking definitions one should know but not very helpful while attempting sentence correction.

Verbals is a word form used as some other part of speech. They are of three types :
1. Gerunds : These are verb + ing form used as a noun.
2.Participles : A participle is used as an adjective and can be of two types
Present Participle : Ending in ing
Past Participle : Ends in ed, n, or irregularly.

Regular and Irregular Verbs
Regular Verbs are those that can be conjugated easily to learn the rules
For eg past tense of look id looked

Irregular Verbs have no rules for conjugation
Base Form                 Past Tense                  Past Participle
arise                             arose                            arisen

and the like everybody mugs up in the primary.

3. Infinitives are another form of verbals which can be used as nouns adjectives and adverbs.
to +  verb form

Typical Rules

1. Subject should not be left without a verb For

For eg He who has suffered most in the cause, let him speak.(wrong)

Let him who has suffered most in the cause speak.(correct)

      

      2. Verb should agree with the subject not the complement as

What is wanted is(not are) not large houses with modern conveniences but small cottages.

       3. An infinitive(to + verb - noun, adjective, or an adverb) should be in the present tense unless it
represents action prior to that of governing verb.

I should have liked to go.

He seems to have enjoyed his stay at Delhi.

     4. Use of make

Active : She made the boy do whole work.

Passive : The boy was made to do whole work.

So to not used in active voice.

      5. Verbs to be used only with gerunds not infinitives.

        Wrong                           Right

      to swim                           swimming

      to enjoy                           enjoying

       to postpone                    postponing

     to miss                              missing

      to avoid                           avoiding

     to suggest                          suggesting

    to see                                  seeing

 Technique to remember- Code SEPMASS

So the use in sentences would be as follows :

He enjoys swimming (not to swim)

She avoids meeting people (not to meet )

We missed seeing the Prime Minister( not to see)

Abstract verbs do not have an ing form 

Abstract Verbs : love, like, hate, reject, accept, hear, doubt, approve

So loving, liking, rejecting, accepting, hearing, doubting, and approving are wrong forms of verbs.