LINB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Headword, Participle, Infinitive
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Verbs are known as lexical categories that indicate the action of the sentence. Main verbs: express actions or states of being and may occur independently. Helping verbs: include auxiliaries and modals, acts as support for main verbs and cannot exist independently. Can have different forms depending on the context. Can function as the main verb if there are no other verbs in the sentence. To become questions or negative sentences, add an auxiliary. Modals: should, would, could, shall, will, can, might, must, may. 4) main verb which is the headword. They might make it perfect. (modal + main verb) They might have buried it. (modal + have + main verb) They might have been married. (modal + have + be + main verb) Bare infinitive (the base form): a verb without the word to but remains in its infinitive form, often paired with modals (occurring after them)
