NCERT Solutions Class 7th English Grammar Verb

NCERT Solutions Class 7th English Grammar Verb

NCERT Solutions Class 7th English Grammar Verb

English Grammar

Verb

1. Verb – The verb is a word that expresses some action, feeling or existence. It tells us something about the subject; as

• Lions roar. (action)
• Boys fly kites. (action)
• I feel sorry. (feeling)
• Ashoka was a great king. (existence)

2. All the verbs (shown above in black) – ‘roar’, ‘fly’, ‘feel’, and ‘was’, are limited by ^ the number and person of their subjects. Therefore, ‘roar’, ‘fly’, ‘feel’, and ‘was’, are Main Verbs—main verbs are also called Finite Verbs.

3. Verbs are divided in two parts

• A. Main Verbs (also called lexical verbs)
• B. Helping Verbs (Auxiliaries—Primary and Modals)
• All verbs in English except the 24 helping verbs are main verbs. Look at the chart below-

Main Verb

Main Verbs are also of two kinds – 1. Finite verbs 2. Non-finite verbs

Finite – verbs change their forms according to the person and number of the subject and the tense also, e.g. He reads. I read They read. She goes. I go. They go.

Non-finite – verbs do not change their forms according to the number, person or tense of the subject. The infinitives, gerunds and participles are called non-finites.

Exercise 1

Pick out the Transitive and Intransitive Verbs in the following sentences. Name the Object of each Transitive Verb-

1. I killed a snake.
2. The ship sank.
3. She jumped into the well.
4. She spoke slowly.
5. The sun rose in the East.
6. I broke the plates. ,
7. The play lasted an hour.
8. This pen costs five rupees.

II. The Conjugation of Verbs To Conjugate a Verb means to give its four Principal forms-

• If the Past or Past Participle is formed from the Present Tense by changing the Vowel of a Verb ; as— Take, took, taken and do, did, done The Verb is said to be a Strong Verb.

• If the Verb requires the addition of ‘ed\ ‘cf or ‘f to form their Past and Past Participles, they are called Weak Verbs ; as— Finish, finished, finished ; die, died, died and build, built, built.

Group I – (Where no ‘n’ is added to the Past Participle)

Group II – (Where ‘n’ or ‘ne’ is added to the Past Participle)

Group III – Mixed Verbs (Partly Strong and Partly Weak)

Group IV – (Conjugation of Weak Verbs)

The Present, Past and Past Participle forms of the following weak Verbs are alike-

The Present and Past Participle forms of certain verbs are alike-

Mark the difference between the following groups of Verbs-

Exercise 2

Give the Past and Past Participle forms of the following Verbs-

(a) Speak lie catch do have fall hang go
• draw grow write take sit sing know.

(b) Meet wring weave spring beat hear seek teach
• lose smell tell weep shoot put win.

Multiple Choice Questions

Read the statements given below and choose the correct option I. Identify as directed-

Question 1. The transitive verbs.

(i) I read.
(ii) The child sleeps
(iii) I read a book.
(iv) She weeps

Answer – (iii) I read a book.

Question 2. The Intransitive verbs.

(i) I read a book
(ii) She sings a song
(iii) She eats.
(iv) She eats an apple

Answer – (iii) She eats.

Question 3. The Direct object: He told me a stoiy.

(i) me
(ii) story
(iii) a
(iv) both (i) and (ii)

Answer – (ii) story

Question 4. The indirect object: He told me a story.

(i) he
(ii) a
(iii) story
(iv) me

Answer – (iv) me

II. Fill in the blanks : The same

Question 5. She sang ………… (transitive)

(i) herself
(ii) very well
(iii) a sweet song
(iv) both (i) and (iii)

Answer – (iii) a sweet song

Question 6. She sang. (Intransitive)

(i) very
(ii) a sweet song
(iii) well
(iv) both (ii) and (iii)

Answer – (iii) well

III. Choose the correct option-

Question 7. Transitive use-

(i) The farmer works hard.
(ii) The farmer grows wheat
(iii) He has grown fat.
(iv) I am feeling unwell

Answer – (ii) The farmer grows wheat.

Question 8. Intransitive use-

(i) The storm has blown off the terrace.
(ii) She laughed heartily.
(iii) He laughed at me.
(iv) He gave a book.

Answer – (ii) She laughed heartily.

Question 9. Singular verb-

(i) They sing.
(ii) She sings.
(iiii) They wait.
(iv) They waited.

Answer – (ii) She sings.

Question 10. Non-finite verb-

(i) They fly kites.
(ii) He wants to swim,
(iii) I wish I were a king.
(iv) Do your duty.

Answer – (ii) He wants to swim,

CBSE/NCERT Class 7th English Grammar

• Unseen Passages Type I
• Unseen Passages Type II
• Message Writing
• Notice Writing
• Postcard Writing
• Paragraph Writing
• Paragraph Writing Based on Verbal Input
• Paragraph Writing Based on Visual Input
• Article Writing
• Speech Writing
• Letter Writing
• Application Writing
• Email Writing
• Story Writing
• The Sentence
• Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
• The Parts Of Speech
• Verb
• Tenses
• Articles
• Agreement of Verb and Subject
• Active and Passive Voice
• Reported Speech
• Word Power
• Modals
• Grammar Modals
• Integrated Exercises

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