Microsoft Word Theoretical Course of English Grammar

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In other cases , the resulting action or event is expressed in a complement (i.e. objective) clause 
that follows the causative verb: 
What caused you to be ill? 
This would help the volume of gas to be calculated. 
5.
Verbs of occurrence report events that occur without an actor. Often the subjects of 
these verbs are effected by the event that is described by the verb, as in these examples 
(subjects are underlined):
The lights changed. 
Resistant organisms may develop in the alimentary tract. 
The term ‘feature’ has occurred many times in this chapter. 
Seven verbs of occurrence are especially common in English:
become, grow, change, hap-
pen, develop, occur, die.
6.
Verbs of existence or relationship report a state of existence or a logical relationship 
that exists between entities. Some of the most common existence verbs are copular verbs: 
be, 
seem, appear, go, grow, look, feel, sound, smell, taste, remain, keep, turn, get, become, prove, 
exist, etc.
Witnesses said he appeared happy and relaxed. 
It was growing dark when we set out.
7.
Verbs of aspect characterize the stage of progress of an event or activity. These verbs 
usually occur with a non-finite complement clause following the verb. Some common ‘aspect’ 
verbs are: 
begin, start, commence, continue, proceed, keep, go on, stop give up,
etc.
She kept running out of the room.
He couldn’t stop talking about me. 
Tears started to trickle down his cheeks. 
3.
 
Morphological classification of verbs 
Verbs traditionally fall into two sets of morphological classes: regular and irregular verbs, 
and finite and non-finite verbs. 

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