Rosie_0801 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Ok, so my entire grammar education consists of a few weeks instruction in grade one, so you can guess how in depth that wasn't. Does anyone know if there is a site somewhere with the verb types arranged like a family tree or something? There seems to be concrete verbs and abstract verbs. Are they usually classified that way, are they called something else? Regular and irregular verbs, maybe? I feel like such a dunce! :confused: Rosie- hoping to pass grade 2 grammar by the end of the year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0885264.html http://www.towson.edu/ows/verbs.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/irregular-verbs-list.htm http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html http://www.yourdictionary.com/grammar-rules/Helping-Verbs.html http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/vanassch.htm HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 are you also looking for transitive and intransitive verbs? I am finding out this year that there are many ways to classify verbs - voice, mood, tense, etc. Terms like pluperfect are used in our grammar curriculum and it is causing me to go back and look up quite a bit. We have "simplified" grammar quite a bit in our education system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauracolumbus Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Lynne, Thanks so much. Those sites are enormously helpful for me even though I'm not the OP. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 Good for you Laura, but I think that was still too hard for me! So, the most basic classification of verbs are action, linking and auxilary verbs? Actions are the really easy ones, linking are verbs that behave kind of like adjectives, and auxilary verbs are like double verbs? I don't think I want to know about transitive and intransitive verbs just yet, Hollyday. They are too hard :( *sigh* And hubby doesn't understand why I think I need to learn English grammar before I start studying Latin with him... Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usetoschool Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/types-of-verbs.html A very simple site explaining grammar very slowly and assuming zero prior knowledge but aimed at adults. I was in accelerated classes in elementary school but somehow they just assumed we were born knowing this kind of stuff and were never taught any of it so I have had to do a lot of relearning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 Thank you for that link. You know, I think I'm beginning to realise why I'm having such trouble. I want one name for each kind, and there are two or three names each! I rekon I'll get it though ;) Thanks all, Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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