英语动词的种类

英语动词的种类

Beforeyoubegintheverbtenselessons,itisextremelyimportanttounderstandthatNOTallEnglishverbsarethesame.Englishverbsaredividedintothreegroups:normalverbs,non-continuousverbs,andmixedverbs.

GroupINormalVerbs

Mostverbsare"normalverbs."Theseverbsareusuallyphysicalactionswhichyoucanseesomebodydoing.Theseverbscanbeusedinalltenses.

NormalVerbs

torun,towalk,toeat,tofly,togo,tosay,totouch,etc.

Examples:

I

eat

dinnereveryday.

I

ameating

dinnernow.

GroupIINon-ContinuousVerbs

Thesecondgroup,called"non-continuousverbs,"issmaller.Theseverbsareusuallythingsyoucannotseesomebodydoing.Theseverbsarerarelyusedincontinuoustenses.Theyinclude:

AbstractVerbs

tobe,towant,tocost,toseem,toneed,tocare,tocontain,toowe,toexist...

PossessionVerbs

topossess,toown,tobelong...

EmotionVerbs

tolike,tolove,tohate,todislike,tofear,toenvy,tomind...

Examples:

He

isneeding

helpnow.

NotCorrect

He

needs

helpnow.

Correct

He

iswanting

adrinknow.

NotCorrect

He

wants

adrinknow.

Correct

GroupIIIMixedVerbs

Thethirdgroup,called"mixedverbs,"isthesmallestgroup.Theseverbshavemorethanonemeaning.Inaway,eachmeaningisauniqueverb.Somemeaningsbehavelike"non-continuousverbs,"whileothermeaningsbehavelike"normalverbs."

MixedVerbs

toappear,tofeel,tohave,tohear,tolook,tosee,toweigh...

ListofMixedVerbswithExamplesandDefinitions:

toappear:

Donna

appears

confused.

Non-ContinuousVerb

Donnaseemsconfused.

Myfavoritesinger

isappearing

atthejazzclubtonight.

NormalVerb

Myfavoritesingerisgivingaperformanceatthejazzclubtonight.

tohave:

I

have

adollarnow.

Non-ContinuousVerb

Ipossessadollar.

I

amhaving

funnow.

NormalVerb

Iamexperiencingfunnow.

tohear:

She

hears

themusic.

Non-ContinuousVerb

Shehearsthemusicwithherears.

She

ishearing

voices.

NormalVerb

Shehearssomethingotherscannothear.Sheishearingvoicesinhermind.

tolook:

Nancy

looks

tired.

Non-ContinuousVerb

Sheseemstired.

Farah

islooking

atthepictures.

NormalVerb

Sheislookingwithhereyes.

tomiss:

John

misses

Sally.

Non-ContinuousVerb

Heissadbecausesheisnotthere.

Debbie

ismissing

herfavoriteTVprogram.

NormalVerb

Sheisnottheretoseeherfavoriteprogram.

tosee:

I

see

her.

Non-ContinuousVerb

Iseeherwithmyeyes.

I

amseeing

thedoctor.

NormalVerb

Iamvisitingorconsultingwithadoctor.(Alsousedwithdentistandlawyer.)

I

amseeing

her.

NormalVerb

Iamhavingarelationshipwithher.

He

isseeing

ghostsatnight.

NormalVerb

Heseessomethingotherscannotsee.Forexampleghosts,aura,avisionofthefuture,etc.

tosmell:

Thecoffee

smells

good.

Non-ContinuousVerb

Thecoffeehasagoodsmell.

I

amsmelling

theflowers.

NormalVerb

Iamsniffingtheflowerstoseewhattheirsmellislike.

totaste:

Thecoffee

tastes

good.

Non-ContinuousVerb

Thecoffeehasagoodtaste.

I

amtasting

thecake.

NormalVerb

Iamtryingthecaketoseewhatittasteslike.

tothink:

He

thinks

thetestiseasy.

Non-ContinuousVerb

Heconsidersthetesttobeeasy.

She

isthinking

aboutthequestion.

NormalVerb

Sheisponderingthequestion,goingoveritinhermind.

toweigh:

Thetable

weighs

alot.

Non-ContinuousVerb

Thetableisheavy.

She

isweighing

herself.

NormalVerb

Sheisdeterminingherweight.

SomeVerbsCanBeEspeciallyConfusing:

tobe:

Joe

is

American.

Non-ContinuousVerb

JoeisanAmericancitizen.

Joe

isbeing

veryAmerican.

NormalVerb

JoeisbehavinglikeastereotypicalAmerican.

Joe

isbeing

veryrude.

NormalVerb

Joeisbehavingveryrudely.Usuallyheisnotrude.

Joe

isbeing

veryformal.

NormalVerb

Joeisbehavingveryformally.Usuallyheisnotformal.

NOTICE:Onlyrarelyis"tobe"usedinacontinuousform.Thisismostcommonlydonewhenapersonistemporarilybehavingbadlyorstereotypically.Itcanalsobeusedwhensomeone'sbehaviorisnoticeablydifferent.

tofeel:

Themassage

feels

great.

Non-ContinuousVerb

Themassagehasapleasingfeeling.

I

don'tfeel

welltoday.

SometimesusedasNon-ContinuousVerb

Iamalittlesick.

I

amnotfeeling

wellt