The Verbs

The Verbs :



Verb is a word or group of words used in describing an action, experience or state [such as wrote in she wrote a letter, put on in (He put on his coat) or feels in (She feels hungry)].

There are two kinds of verb.

1. Transitive verb
2. Intransitive verb

A verb is a word that tells or asserts something about a person or thing. It is the word in a sentence.

A verb tells what a person or thing does.
A verb tells what is done to a person or thing.
A verb tells what a person or thing is.

He eats mango.
In this sentence, what does he do? He eats mango. The action that he does is EATS. So, this sentence says about what he does. EATS is the verb here carried out by him.

She killed her sister.
In this sentence, what is that she did to her sister?
Actually, she killed her sister. KILLED is the verb here which she carried out on her sister.

They are happy.
In this sentence, how are they? As per this sentence, it seems, they are happy. What they are is being happy. So, the state of their condition is that they are happy. So, ARE is the verb here.

So, EATS, KILLED and ARE the verbs which are being used by the author in the above sentences.

Related Pages :

1. A Verb
   
2. A Transitive Verb
   
3. An Intransitive Verb
   
4. A Phrasal Verb
   
5. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
   
6. Action Verbs
   
7. Helping Verbs
   
8. Linking Verbs
   
9. Intransitive Verbs
   
10. Auxiliary Verbs
    
11. Modal Verbs - 1
    
12. Modal Verbs - 2
    
13. Modal Auxiliary Verbs
    
14. Defective Verbs
    
15. Intransitive Verbs used in Causative Sense
    
16. Verbs of Incomplete Predication
    
17. Complement
    
18. Subjective Complements
    
19. Objective Complements
    
20. The Verb and Its Tenses
    
21. Agreement of The Verb with Person and Number
    
22. Agreement of The Verb with The Subject
    
23. Agreement between The Verb and The Subject
    
24. Collective Nouns and Verbs
    
25. Singular Words with Plural Verbs
    
26. Learn English Grammar Online
    
27. Learn Grammar Online
    
28. How to use Auxiliary Verb BE?
    
29. The Auxiliary BE
    
30. Auxiliary Verb DO
    
31. Auxiliary Verb HAVE
    
32. Auxiliary Verb CAN
    
33. Auxiliary Verb COULD
    
34. Auxiliary Verb MAY
    
35. Auxiliary Verb MIGHT
    
36. Auxiliary Verb WILL
    
37. Auxiliary Verb WOULD
    
38. Auxiliary Verb SHALL
    
39. Auxiliary Verb SHOULD
    
40. Auxiliary Verb MUST
    
41. Auxiliary Verb OUGHT TO
    
42. Auxiliary Verb DARE
    
43. Auxiliary Verb NEED
    
44. Auxiliary Verb USED TO
    
45. The Main Verbs
    
46. The Principal Verb
    
47. The Lexical Verb
    
48. Catenative Verbs
    
49. Conjugation of The Verbs
    
50. Conjugation of The Verb - LOVE
    
51. Conjugation of The Verb - SEE
    
52. Conjugation of The Verb and The Imperative Mood
    
53. Conjugation of The Verb and The Non-Finites
    

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