Verbs as a part of speech contents Introduction

Practical value of the work: The verbas a notional part of speech has the categorial meaning of dynamic process, or process developing in time, including not only actions as such (to work, to build), but also states, forms of existence (to be, to become, to lie), various types of attitude, feelings (to love, to appreciate), etc.
The tasks of the work: The verb as a part of speech is characterized by the following features (as any part of speech): 1) meaning, 2) form. 3) function.
From the lexical point of view (meaning) the verb serves to express actions or states and processes.

As to its form the verb is characterized by the following grammatical categories: the category of person, number, tense, aspect, correlation (relativity), voice and mood. Thus it has the most developed morphological system in modern English grammar.

The verb as a part of speech is characterized by some specific stem-building elements such as the suffixes -ize, -en. -ifi- and some prefixes such as under-, out-, super-, un-.
As to its function the verb may combine with nouns preceding or following it, e.g. birds fly. play chess. The verb may combine with adverbs, e.g. run fast, walk quickly. Sometimes it may be connected with an adjective, for example, in a double predicate - The moon rose red.
In a sentence the verb may be used in the function of a simple verbal predicate or it may be a part of a compound predicate.
The verb is characterized by its connection with an object and with an adverbial modifier.
The purpose of the course work: to provide information about verbs of speech.
The task of the course work:

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  Provide information about the verb as a part of the sentence and its main characteristics;
  
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  Mood category. Classification about tense and aspect category;
  
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  A verb as a part of a sentence. Thinking about the classification of verbs;
  
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  About the general appearance of the verb as a part of the sentence;
  
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  Thinking about the characteristic features of verbs as a part of speech