CBSE Class 6 English Grammar The Verb

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CBSE Class 6 English Grammar The Verb

1. A verb is a word that expresses some action, feeling or existence. It tells us something about the subject; as

Lions roar – (action)

Boys fly kites – (action)

I feel sorry – (feeling)

Ashoka was a great king –  (existence)

2. All the verbs (shown above in bold) ‘roar’, ‘fly’, ‘feel’, and ‘was’, are limited by the number and person of their subjects. Therefore, ‘roar’, ‘fly’, Teel’, and Svas’, are

Main Verbs: Main verbs are also called

Finite Verbs

3. Verbs are divided in two parts:

  1. Main Verbs (also called lexical verbs)
  2. Helping Verbs (Auxiliaries-Primarily and Modals)

All verbs in English, except the 24 helping verbs, are main verbs. Look at the chart below

CBSE Class 6 English Grammar The Verb Verbs

Main Verbs

Main Verbs are also of two kinds:

  • Finite verbs
  • Non-finite verbs

Finite:

Finite verbs change their forms according to the person and number of the subject and the tense also,

Example:

He reads – I read

They read – She goes

I go – They go

Non-finite:

Non-finite verbs do not change their forms according to the number, person or tense of the subject. The infinitives, gerunds, and participles are called non-finite.

4. Read the following sentences :

Lata sang a song.

I wrote a letter.

Children like sweets.

In each of these sentences, the verb takes an object. ‘Song’, letter’, and ‘sweets’ are objects. A verb that takes an object is called a Transitive Verb. The object usually answers the question of What? Or whom?

Now look at the following sentences :

Birds fly.

The sun shines

These verbs do not require objects.

They express the actions by themselves and make the sense complete. They are called Intransitive Verbs. Some Verbs can be used both Transitively and Intransitively.

[All the transitive verbs can be used in transitively in case they do not contain an object. Mohan is reading.]

Verbs Used Intransitively Verbs Used Transitively

  1. Birds fly – Boys fly kites
  2. The horse runs fast – I run a race

CBSE Class 6 English Grammar The Verb Multiple Choice Questions Answers

Read the statements given below and narrate tto ick the correct option

Question 1. Identify the Main verb

  1. Fly
  2. Ought to fly
  3. Will fly
  4. Can fly

Answer: 1. Fly

Question 2. Identify the Modal

  1. Is
  2. Ought
  3. Am
  4. Are

Answer: 2. Ought

Question 3. Identify the Intransitive verb

  1. Birds fly
  2. I wrote a letter
  3. Leela sang a song
  4. Children love sweets

Answer: 1. Birds fly

Question 4. Identify the Past Participle form

  1. Ringing
  2. Rung
  3. Ring
  4. Rang

Answer: 2. Rung

Question 5. Children ….. to see ‘Three Idiots

  1. Hooked
  2. Booked
  3. Flocked
  4. Shock

Answer: 3. Flocked

Question 6. Sonia……a fairy tale.

  1. Said
  2. Attended
  3. Showed
  4. Narrated

Answer: 4. Narrated

Question 7. She …….. to go for a party

  1. Will
  2. Can
  3. Dares
  4. Ought

Answer: 4. Ought

Question 8. The lizard …… over the books

  1. Crashed
  2. Crawled
  3. Floated
  4. Flicked

Answer: 2. Crawled

Question 9.

  1. I killed a snake.
  2. She jumped into a well.
  3. She sang a song.
  4. He wrote a letter.

Answer: 2. She jumped into a well.

Question 10.

  1. Birds fly.
  2. The horse runs fast.
  3. The sun rises.
  4. He wrote a letter

Answer: 4. He wrote a letter

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