hello everyone how are you today this is Marc I'm doing great thanks for asking
in English there are a myriad of exceptions we took a look at the present
perfect we took a look at nouns and also adjectives in this case though I
want to look at what you don't know about verbs
yes let's look at verbs first let's look at what they can act as yes they can act
as full verbs or main verbs just like go walk paint etc they can also act as
modal verbs in this case they need full verbs or main verbs to convey
their meaning so modal verbs can be like would might
may could should etc they can also act as auxiliary verbs and you know the main
auxiliary verbs they are be have and do they also need full verbs or main verbs
in this case to place them in the present or in the past or in the future
so we're going to look at this in a minute you know that verbs can be stative
dynamic or even both so the stative verbs are obviously they don't require
movement they describe states or conditions just like be feel love wish
need mind etc or we said that we are going to talk about dynamic verbs and
these dynamic verbs are obviously the ones that require
movement or change so write paint go slap come close etc and I said that they
can be both and this is the point that I want to talk about they can be both yes
both dynamic and both stative so they can change meaning according to the
context they are placed in so let's let's look at BE for example BE can be
dynamic and stative so BE you're being nasty if I say you're being nasty in
this in this case being the verb to be means to behave in a nasty way so is a
dynamic verb in this case right but if I say you are a nice boy in this case ARE
the verb to be is stative, it's a stative verb so let's look at another example
have with the verb to have yes have can be both dynamic and stative
so with the dynamic usage I gave you this example she's having a shower to
have a shower or to take a shower in American English she's having a shower
in this case having is dynamic so have as a stative verb is like she has two
brothers or she has tons of books okay it's a stative verb let's look at
another verb look and for a dynamic usage she's looking for a job to look
for is to search right to look for it's a phrasal verb and we're going to look at
phrasal verbs in a minute she's looking for a job and so this is a dynamic
verb in this case so for a stative case of the verb we can say that lady
looks great that lady looks great other verbs that can be dynamic and stative
are see smell taste think feel weigh measure etc I'm going to erase this and
I'm going to look at other points of verbs so by now you should know that
verbs like words in English can have a Latinate or Greek root or Germanic
root the ones that are or have a Latinate or Greek root are considered more
sophisticated so let's look at some examples we have arrive from arrivare in
Latin arrive and the Germanic or Old English root verb could be reach so
another one apparire in Latin appear so is in English right appear and the
Germanic or Old English verb would be show ingest ingest from Latin and eat
from Old English or Germanic meliorate or cure from Latin to heal is the
Germanic or Old English when we talk about verbs we need to mention phrasal
verbs what are phrasal verbs there are groups
of two or more words that put together create a whole new meaning so they
follow the pattern verb plus particle plus particle plus particle it depends
right so the particle of what is a particle the particle can be an adverb or a
preposition the phrasal verbs are used mostly in
informal contexts so orally but not always let's look at some verbs some
phrasal verbs just to see the equivalent in with using the Latinate root so we
have looked down on look down on somebody look down on somebody if you
want to replace this phrasal verb you can replace it with despise which
comes from Latin despise now another example could be talk over talk over
and the Latinate verb could be discuss discuss then another one could be turn
down turn down turn down can have two meanings right and we know that turn down
the volume for example lower the volume or reject turn down an offer for a job
for example I rejected the job turned down and then we have call off cancel
cancel call off cancel so the other point that I want to mention is that
verbs can be formed using suffixes or prefixes so the ones with prefixes I
gave you some examples because there are so many if you want to watch a lesson on
prefixes suffixes or phrasal verbs you can click here so prefixes let's look at
some verbs with DIS discharge disappear disarm then we have with UN
undo unbend unfasten now we have another one with MIS right misunderstand
you know what it means right misunderstanding you didn't understand you
understood something else misunderstands misshape misinform
etc there are so many then with suffixes suffixes are the ones that are
at the end they are two letters or three letters that are put at the end of the
words but if you want to watch a lesson on this you have the lesson and you may
click it here now shorten lengthen soften then we have realize with IZE
the suffix IZE so I wrote it in American English but you can even write
it with an S in British English realize industrialize patronize then we have
with ATE so irritate complicate fascinate okay now I'm going to erase
this and I'm going to show you two other points the last two points about verbs
just two other things that I need to say about verbs verbs can have a past tense
right you need to remember that verbs can be regular or irregular there is a
lesson on this and you can click here to watch that lesson but let me remind you
that when we add ED to regular verbs like correct correctED you need to pay
attention because okay correct correctED but how about close
closeD okay closeD that we add the D at the
end because we have the E at the end of the verb so we need to have just the D
and remember also the pronunciation closed now we have cry
what about cry it ends with Y we take out the Y and we add IED so cried
then the irregular ones you have to remember them like I said there is a
good lesson on regular and irregular verbs in in this case in my lesson I
will teach you how to learn the irregular verbs by groups this will
help you remember them in a better way now the last point that I want to
mention about verbs is that sometimes verbs can act as nouns
they're called gerunds you just add ING at the end of the verb so they are usually
used at the beginning of the sentence let's look at my two examples smiling is
good for you smiling is good for you so the act of smiling is good for you so
you need to smile more studying English increases your chances to find a good
job so studying if you study English you will find a good job this is what it
means but studying again studying is the gerund here studying English
increases your chances to find a good job well I hope you enjoyed the lesson
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