Index
verb 23 action 27, 30^34, 128, 130, 170, 173^174 auxiliary see verb, helping helping 138^139 do 247^249
irregular 28, 157^158 linking 27^28, 30^34,128, 130, 147, 174; see also copula main 138, 139, 144^145, 147, 157, 170^171, 207, 247^249
modal 141^142, 148, 153^155, 157, 158
phrasal 38^39, 123, 142
passive be 239, 242
regular 157
perfect have 143^145, 148, 151^155, 159^160,
transitive 35^37
162 periphrastic see verb, helping, modal, phrasal phrasal 142 progressive be 146^147, 148, 151, 153^155,
see also verb base verb base 25 verb complement 174^175 voice see sentence, active; sentence, passive
157, 161^162 intransitive 35^37
272
word category see part of speech