DO VERBS HAVE PLURAL FORMS?

Principal verbs have no plural forms.

Auxiliary verbs, with the exception of the verbs be and have no plural forms.

Only the be verb [and have verb] have both singular and plural forms:

SINGULAR | PLURAL am (I am going.) | are (We are going.) is (He is doing.) | are (They are doing.) was (A mouse was playing.) | were (Mice were playing.) are (Thou art playing.) | are (You are playing.) has (Tom has a kite.) | have (Boys have kites.)

(1) In the third-person present indicative tense, principal verbs do have a singular form: they meditate, he/she meditates. –Eds.

CHAPTER 6

TRANSITIVE, INTRANSITIVE AND AUXILIARY VERBS

In cases where the verb is indispensably associated with an object, it is called a transitive verb. Where the verb can do without the help of an object, it is called an intransitive verb.

Transitive verbs:

Ram gave food to the poor.

Intransitive verbs:

Ram is laughing.

In Bengali, transitive verbs are called sakarmak kriyá (সকর্মক ক্রিযা), and intransitive akarmak kriyá (অকর্মক ক্রিযা).

Auxiliary verbs: Incomplete verbs helping in the formation of complete verbs are known as auxiliary verbs. Auxiliary means helping. Shall, will, should, would, etc., are examples of auxiliary verbs.

I would like to bring to your notice the fact that . . .