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KALI Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

INTRANSITIVE V. TRANSITIVE / EXTENSIVE V. INTENSIVE

* What are the basic morphological forms of the verb ?

* How we can distinguish an Extensive verb from an Intensive one ?

* What are the differences between the subcategories of the Transitive verbs and the Intransitive one: I mean (Monotransitive, Ditransitive and Complextransitive) ?
  

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, the form you use for present-tense plural-person. Intensive verbs are those you use in describing what the subject is or what the subject is like. For example, "is" in "He is a student" or "look" in "She looks young" is an intensive verb.

  • , the form you use for present-tense plural-person.
  • Intensive verbs are those you use in describing what the subject is or what the subject is like.
  • For example, "is" in "He is a student" or "look" in "She looks young" is an intensive verb.
  • Extensive verbs are those you use what the subject is doing.
  • "Run" in "He runs fast" or "love" in "He loves me" is an extensive verb.
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Hello Kali

The basic form of English verbs is a bare infinite, ie., the form you use for present-tense plural-person.

Intensive verbs are those you use in describing what the subject is or what the subject is like. For example, "is" in "He is a student" or "look" in "She looks young" is an intensive verb. Extensive verbs are those you use what the subject is doing. "Run" in "H
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Hi,

The basic morphological form of a verb is the form that hasn´t taken any ends, usually the infinitive form.

E.g.(to) walk

to this basic form you can add different endings, such as -s for third person singular, -ed for past time, -ing for progressive form.

walk/s/ walk/ed/ walk/ing/

Morpheme is the smallest meaningbearing part of a word it c
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KALI* What are the basic morphological forms of the verb ?* How we can distinguish an Extensive verb from an Intensive one ?* What are the differences between the subcategories of the Transitive verbs and the Intransitive one: I mean (Monotransitive, Ditransitive and Complextransitive) ?
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Thanks for the informations PACO!

Greetings from Tunisia
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thank you Mr Paco././
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thank you Very much for the information Emotion: shake hands Paco~ it was so clear and easy to understand

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