Class 10 English Grammar Verb – Rules, Types, Forms & Examples

Class 10 English Grammar Verb – Rules, Types, Forms & Examples
Bihar Board • Class 10 • English Grammar

Verb

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Types • Forms • Rules • Examples • Practice

BSEB EXAM GUIDE

1. Verb क्या है?

Verb वह word है जो किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु के action, state या condition को बताता है।

Verb = Action / State / Condition बताने वाला शब्द

Ram plays cricket.

She writes a letter.

They are happy.

I have a book.

ऊपर दिए गए sentences में plays, writes, are और have verbs हैं।

2. Verb के मुख्य प्रकार

01

Main Verb

Sentence का मुख्य action या state बताता है।

02

Helping Verb

Main verb की सहायता करता है।

03

Transitive Verb

जिस verb को अपना meaning पूरा करने के लिए object चाहिए।

04

Intransitive Verb

जिस verb को object की आवश्यकता नहीं होती।

05

Linking Verb

Subject को उसकी quality या state से जोड़ता है।

06

Modal Verb

Ability, permission, possibility, duty आदि बताता है।

3. Main Verb

जो verb sentence में मुख्य action या state को व्यक्त करता है, उसे Main Verb कहते हैं।

Ravi plays football.

She sings a song.

I read English.

They work hard.

इन sentences में plays, sings, read और work Main Verbs हैं।

4. Helping Verb / Auxiliary Verb

जो verb Main Verb की सहायता करता है उसे Helping Verb या Auxiliary Verb कहते हैं।

She is reading.

I have finished my work.

They were playing.

He will come tomorrow.

Important Helping Verbs

Be Forms
is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being
Have Forms
has, have, had
Do Forms
do, does, did
Modals
can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must

5. Verb की Five Forms – V1 to V5

V1Base Form

go

V2Past Form

went

V3Past Participle

gone

V4Ing Form

going

V5s/es Form

goes

याद रखें:
V1 = go
V2 = went
V3 = gone
V4 = going
V5 = goes

6. Important Verb Forms

V1V2V3
gowentgone
comecamecome
eatateeaten
writewrotewritten
seesawseen
taketooktaken
givegavegiven
dodiddone
speakspokespoken
knowknewknown
beginbeganbegun
drinkdrankdrunk
drivedrovedriven
breakbrokebroken
choosechosechosen
forgetforgotforgotten
getgotgot
growgrewgrown
runranrun
singsangsung

7. Regular and Irregular Verbs

Regular Verb

जिन verbs का V2 और V3 सामान्यतः -ed / -d लगाकर बनाया जाता है, उन्हें Regular Verbs कहते हैं।

play → played → played

work → worked → worked

help → helped → helped

love → loved → loved

Irregular Verb

जिन verbs के V2 और V3 किसी fixed -ed rule से नहीं बनते, उन्हें Irregular Verbs कहते हैं।

go → went → gone

write → wrote → written

eat → ate → eaten

see → saw → seen

8. Transitive Verb

जिस verb को अपना अर्थ पूरा करने के लिए Object की जरूरत होती है, उसे Transitive Verb कहते हैं।

Subject + Transitive Verb + Object

Ram reads a book.

She bought a pen.

I love my country.

Verb के बाद What? / Whom? पूछें। यदि answer मिलता है, तो verb सामान्यतः Transitive है।

9. Intransitive Verb

जिस verb को अपना अर्थ पूरा करने के लिए object की आवश्यकता नहीं होती, उसे Intransitive Verb कहते हैं।

The baby cries.

The sun shines.

He slept.

The birds fly.

इन sentences में action के बाद किसी object की आवश्यकता नहीं है।

10. Transitive vs Intransitive

Transitive

Object आवश्यक होता है।

She opened the door.

He bought a car.

Intransitive

Object आवश्यक नहीं होता।

The child slept.

The birds flew.

11. Linking Verb

Linking Verb कोई direct action नहीं दिखाता बल्कि Subject को उसकी state या description से जोड़ता है।

She is happy.

He became a doctor.

The flower smells sweet.

The soup tastes good.

Common Linking Verbs:
be, become, seem, appear, look, feel, smell, taste

12. Modal Verbs

Modal verbs ability, permission, possibility, advice, necessity और obligation जैसी meanings व्यक्त करते हैं।

Modal + V1
Rule: Modal के बाद सामान्यतः verb की V1 आती है।

13. Finite Verb

जिस verb का form subject, person, number या tense के अनुसार बदल सकता है, उसे Finite Verb कहते हैं।

He plays cricket.

They play cricket.

He played cricket.

यहाँ verb subject और tense के अनुसार बदल रही है।

14. Non-Finite Verb

जिस verb form पर subject, person या number का सीधा प्रभाव नहीं पड़ता, उसे Non-Finite Verb कहते हैं।

मुख्य प्रकार

Infinitive

to + V1

I want to study.

Gerund

V-ing as Noun

Swimming is good exercise.

Participle

Verb form used like adjective

A broken chair.

15. Subject–Verb Basic Rules

Rule 1: He/She/It + V1+s/es
He plays cricket.

Rule 2: I/We/You/They + V1
They play cricket.

Rule 3: Does + V1
Does he play?

Rule 4: Did + V1
Did she go?

Rule 5: Has/Have/Had + V3
She has written a letter.

Rule 6: is/am/are/was/were + V-ing
He is playing.

Rule 7: Modal + V1
He can speak English.

16. Common Verb Mistakes

❌ He go to school.

✅ He goes to school.

❌ Does she sings?

✅ Does she sing?

❌ Did he went there?

✅ Did he go there?

❌ She has wrote a letter.

✅ She has written a letter.

❌ He can goes there.

✅ He can go there.

❌ They is playing.

✅ They are playing.

17. Practice Questions

Q1. He _____ to school every day. (go)

Answer: He goes to school every day.

Q2. She has _____ a letter. (write)

Answer: She has written a letter.

Q3. Did Ram _____ there? (go)

Answer: Did Ram go there?

Q4. They are _____ football. (play)

Answer: They are playing football.

Q5. He can _____ English. (speak)

Answer: He can speak English.

Q6. I _____ him yesterday. (see)

Answer: I saw him yesterday.

Q7. She has _____ her food. (eat)

Answer: She has eaten her food.

Q8. We _____ cricket every Sunday. (play)

Answer: We play cricket every Sunday.

18. Objective Questions

1. Which word shows an action or state?

A. Noun
B. Verb
C. Pronoun
D. Article

✓ Answer: B. Verb

2. V2 of “go” is —

A. gone
B. goes
C. went
D. going

✓ Answer: C. went

3. V3 of “write” is —

A. wrote
B. written
C. writing
D. writes

✓ Answer: B. written

4. Which is a Helping Verb?

A. Book
B. Quickly
C. Is
D. Beautiful

✓ Answer: C. Is

5. “She reads a book.” The verb is —

A. She
B. Reads
C. Book
D. A

✓ Answer: B. Reads

6. Modal verb is followed by —

A. V1
B. V2
C. V3
D. V4

✓ Answer: A. V1

7. “Go – went – _____”

A. going
B. gone
C. goes
D. go

✓ Answer: B. gone

8. Did he _____ there?

A. went
B. gone
C. go
D. goes

✓ Answer: C. go

9. “Swimming is good exercise.” Swimming is a —

A. Gerund
B. Noun only
C. Modal
D. Article

✓ Answer: A. Gerund

10. A verb requiring an object is called —

A. Intransitive
B. Transitive
C. Linking
D. Modal

✓ Answer: B. Transitive

11. A verb not requiring an object is called —

A. Transitive
B. Auxiliary
C. Intransitive
D. Modal

✓ Answer: C. Intransitive

12. “He can swim.” Can is a —

A. Main verb
B. Modal verb
C. Noun
D. Adjective

✓ Answer: B. Modal verb

19. Quick Revision

01

Verb
Action / State

02

V1
Base Form

03

V2
Past Form

04

V3
Past Participle

05

V4
Ing Form

06

V5
s/es Form

07

Modal +
V1

08

Did +
V1

09

Perfect
V3

10

Continuous
V-ing

Exam Tip

V1–V5, Main Verb, Helping Verb, Transitive, Intransitive, Finite, Non-Finite और Modal + V1 को अच्छी तरह याद करें। खासकर V1–V2–V3 forms Tense, Voice और Narration में भी बहुत काम आएँगे।