Questions for Reflection: 1. Characterize the properties of the verb as a part of speech.
2. What existing classifications of verbs do you know?
3. What significative subclasses are all the verbs divided into?
4. Comment on the main peculiarities of the finite and
non- finite forms of the verb.
5. What is the difference between the marked and
unmarked infinitive?
6. What features characterize the gerund? What makes it
different from the infinitive?
7. What is specific to the categories of person and number
in English?
8. What makes the expression of voice distinctions in
English specific?
9. How many voices are there in Modern English?
10. Comment on the connection between the problem of
voice and transitivity/intransitivity of verbs.