We’ve seen a basic introduction on verbs, yet there are more sections to be dealt on verbs as it plays a major role in any grammar. Today it is featured on SPECIAL VERBS. It gives an intro to special verbs.
Read the following:
1. He isn’t reading.
2. Can you swim?
3. She has left, hasn’t she?
· In sentence 1, the verb is combined with n’t.
· In sentence 2, the verb can make a question form by coming before the subject.
· In sentence 3, the verb has serves to make a question tag.
These verbs and few others behave in this way. They are called special verbs,* because they behave in a particular or special way. There are 24 such verbs.
List of special verbs:
am | has | can | do | |
is | had | could | does | |
are | will | may | did | |
was | would | might | need | |
were | shall | must | dare | |
have | should | ought to | used to | |
As indicated above, these verbs have a very important in the formation of negatives, question and question tags. They are frequently used in short answers, addition to remarks, etc.
*special verbs are termed as ‘anomalous finites’,' modal verbs' , 'auxiliary verbs'.
Note: This article doesn’t covers the full scope of the above dealt parts of speech. It is better recommended for a basic understanding only.
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Source : Wren and Martins' English Grammar and Composition., image source:Google.
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