英語の5つの基本文型のうち、SVでよく使われる動詞を説明します。
SVでよく使われる動詞の種類
SVでよく使われる動詞の種類をカテゴリー分けしました。
- 助動詞 (Auxiliary verb):主要な動詞を補助する動詞
- 行為動詞 (Action verb):具体的な行動を表す動詞
- 感情動詞 (Emotion verb):感情を表す動詞
- 知覚動詞 (Perception verb):感覚や知覚に関する動詞
- 思考動詞 (Mental verb):思考や判断に関する動詞
それぞれを詳しく見ていきましょう。
1. 助動詞 (Auxiliary verb):主要な動詞を補助する動詞
- 助動詞 (Auxiliary verb)
- 動詞と一緒に使われ、時間・疑問・否定などを表す
- be動詞・have動詞・do動詞の3種類がある
- 他の動詞の形を作る際にも使われる
- 例:「I am eating.」のamはbe動詞の助動詞である
- 他の動詞の形を作る際にも使われる
- be(am, is, are, was, were, been, being)
- I am happy.
- She is a teacher
- have(has, had, having)
- They have two dogs.
- He had a cold last week.
- do(does, did, doing)
- We do our best.
- He did his homework yesterday.
2. 行為動詞 (Action verb):具体的な行動を表す動詞
- 行為動詞 (Action verb)
- 何かを行う動作を表す動詞
- 物理的・心理的な動作を含む
- 例:「run」「jump」「sing」「think」「write」など
- 物理的・心理的な動作を含む
- 何かを行う動作を表す動詞
- go(go, goes, went, gone, going)
- I go to school by bike.
- They went to the beach last weekend.
- walk(walk, walks, walked, walking)
- She walks her dog every morning.
- We walked for hours in the park.
- run(run, runs, ran, running)
- He runs every day to stay healthy.
- They ran a marathon last month.
- eat(eat, eats, ate, eaten, eating)
- I ate sushi for dinner.
- She eats a lot of vegetables.
- drink(drink, drinks, drank, drunk, drinking)
- Can I have a glass of water, please?
- He drinks coffee every morning.
- play(play, plays, played, playing)
- They played soccer in the park.
- I play the piano as a hobby.
3. 感情動詞 (Emotion verb):感情を表す動詞
- 感情動詞 (Emotion verb)
- 感情を表す動詞
- 自分や他人の気持ち・状態を表現
- 例:「love」「hate」「like」「fear」「enjoy」など
- 自分や他人の気持ち・状態を表現
- 感情を表す動詞
- like(like, likes, liked, liking)
- I like watching movies.
- She likes to read books.
- love(love, loves, loved, loving)
- He loves his wife very much.
- They love going on trips.
- hate(hate, hates, hated, hating)
- I hate spiders.
- She hates waking up early.
- want(want, wants, wanted, wanting)
- I want a cup of coffee.
- He wants to go to the park.
- need(need, needs, needed, needing)
- I need to buy some groceries.
- She needs to study for her exam.
4. 知覚動詞 (Perception verb):感覚や知覚に関する動詞
- 知覚動詞 (Perception verb)
- 感覚を表す動詞
- 見たり、聞いたり、匂いをかいだり、味を知ったりすることを表現
- 例:「see」「hear」「smell」「taste」「feel」など
- 見たり、聞いたり、匂いをかいだり、味を知ったりすることを表現
- 感覚を表す動詞
- see(see, sees, saw, seen, seeing)
- I see a bird on the tree.
- Can you see the stars tonight?
- hear(hear, hears, heard, hearing)
- I can hear the music from the next room.
- She heard a strange noise in the middle of the night.
- smell(smell, smells, smelled, smelling)
- The flowers smell so good.
- I smell something burning.
- taste(taste, tastes, tasted, tasting)
- This soup tastes delicious.
- He tasted the wine before serving it.
- feel(feel, feels, felt, feeling)
- I feel tired today.
- She felt happy when she heard the news.
5. 思考動詞 (Mental verb):思考や判断に関する動詞
- 思考動詞 (Mental verb)
- 思考・知識・信念を表現する動詞
- 知ることや理解すること、信じることなどを表現
- 例:「think」「believe」「know」「understand」「remember」など
- 知ることや理解すること、信じることなどを表現
- 思考・知識・信念を表現する動詞
- think(think, thinks, thought, thinking)
- I think it's going to rain today.
- He thinks that studying abroad is a good opportunity.
- believe(believe, believes, believed, believing)
- I believe in ghosts.
- She believes that hard work pays off.
- understand(understand, understands, understood, understanding)
- I don't understand this math problem.
- She understands the importance of learning a foreign language.
- know(know, knows, knew, known, knowing)
- I know the answer to that question.
- He knows how to play the piano.
- remember(remember, remembers, remembered, remembering)
- I remember meeting you at a party once.
- He doesn't remember his childhood very well.
なお、上記のリストは完全ではありませんが、英語の基本文型におけるSVの動詞として頻繁に使われるものを代表的に挙げたものです。
このほかに、以下のような動詞のカテゴリーがあります。
- 変化動詞
- become,get,turn,remain,seem など
- 存在動詞
- exist,appear,belong,seem,consist など