Definition of Verbs

What is a verb ?

Verbs are the action in a sentence that describe what the subject is doing. along with nouns, verb is the main of sentence or phrase, telling s story about what is talking place. In fact, without a verb, full thoughts can't be properly conveyed, and even the simplest sentences, such as Diman sings, have one. Actually, a verb can be sentence by theirself, either the subject, in the most case you, implied, is like, as sing.! and Drive!

When learning the rules of grammar, schoolchildren are often tought that verbs are "Doing" words. Meaning they the part ot the sentence which explains the action talking place :

He ran away
She eats chocolate cake on sunday

The horses gallop across the fields. (ran, eat and gallopare the 'action' part of those sentence, thus they are teh verbs. But, it can be confusing because not all verbs are easily edentifiable as action: I know your name, jack thought about it, we considered several applications. These are non-action verbs, examples that describe a state of being, emotion, possession, sense or opinion. Other nonaction verbs include (love, agree, feel, am and have,)

How to Recognize a Verb

As you can see from the examples above, one clue to help you recognize a verb is its location campare to the subject. Vercs almost always come after a noun or pronoun. These nouns and pronoun is referred to as the subject. The verb thought comes after the noun Jack, so the action Jack ( Subject) was talking was Thinking (verbs).

Examples :

>> Diman eats his dinner quickly

>> They went to Mosque

>> You write neatly in your textbook

>> They thought about all the prizes in the competition

Here are some other ways to recognize verbs in a sentence :

Example:

>> if you are not sure if a word si a verb, ask yourself, " can I do........?

Can I think, Wonder, Walk, Yown? yes, so these are verbs.

>> You can also ask, " what was happening"?

In the sentence Diman eats his lunch quickly, What is up? Eating is Happening, so eating is the verb.

In the sentence They thought about all the prizes What is Happening? Thought ( think ) is happening, so Thought is the verb.

Physical Verb _ Definition and Examples

Physical verbs are the action verb. it describe specific physical movement. when you can create a motion with your body or use a tool complete in an action, The word you use to describe it is most likely a physical verb.

Example:

>> Marhum sat in the table

>> the Cat breathes quickly after she chases her ball and

>> should we vote in the election?

Even when the action is not very active, when the action is done by the body or a tool, consider it a physical verb.

The examples of physical verb

>> Let us run to the middle of field

>> We hear the train coming

>> Call us when you are finished with the class

Mental Verb _ Definition and Examples

Mental verb has meaning that is related to concept is like discovering, understanding, thinking, or planning, in general, a mental verb refer to a cognitive state.

Mental verb examples

>> We know the reason

>> He recognized me from across the class

>> Do you believe everything people tell you?

State of being Verb ( definitoan and examples)

As we know that, this is like linking verb, the kind of this state describe the condition that still happening. This verbs, form of tobe, is like , ( am, is, are, and this usually complemented by adjectives.

The Examples Of Being Verb

>> I am a teacher

>> They are farmer at village

>> It is very noice

Types of Verbs

There are many types of verbs. in addition to main categories of physical verbs, mental verbs, and state being verbs, there are several verbs of verbs, in fact, there are more than ten different types of verbs that are grouped together by function.

List of all verb kinds

Verb Action

Action verbs express specific action and are any time you want to show action or discuss some something. it is important to remember that the action do not have to be physical.

Examples;

Run
Dance
Slide
Jump
Think
Do
Go
Stand
Smile
Listen

The action verb examples in the following sentence are in bold for easy identification

We run faster than diman
She does not well
He think about poetry all day long

Transitive Verbs

Transitive verbs are action verbs those always express do able activities that relate someone or something like that. These other things are generally direct, noun or pronouns which are affected by the verb, though some verbs can also take an direction object, such as show, take, and make. In the sentence with a transitive verb, someone receives the action the verb.

Examples of transitive verbs

Love
Respect
Tolerate
Believe
Maintain

The transitive verb is ate, Diman is the subject, because it is Diman who is doing the eating, and cookies are the direction object, because it is the cookies that are being eaten.

Examples :

She kicked Diman
Diman punches her
We sold the tickets

Intransitive Verbs

Intransitive verbs are action verbs that always express activity. they are different from transitive verbs because there is not direct object following an intransitive verb.

The examples of intransitive verbs

Walk
Lough
Cough
Play
Run

They travelled to Inggris
We sneeze in the afternoon

Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary verbs are also known as helping verbs or used together by the main verb, is like have, might, will.

The kinds of auxiliary verbs

Would
Should
Do
Can
Could
May
Did

Examples in the sentence

I will go back at three time again
I may dance with you later
Do you speak English
Has Diman spoken her final words
I should go home more

Stative Verbs

Stative verbs can be recognise because they express an action. they typically relate to thought, emotion relationships, senses, state of being.

For examples

The doctor disagrees with your thought
Diman doubts the doctor's opinion
We believe the teachers is right
He want another like that

Modals Verbs

Modals verbs is auxiliary verbs that are used to express abilities, possibilities, permissions, and obligations.

The examples of modal verbs;

Can
Must
May
Should
Would

In sentences

We should go home
They must not blame
Dini would not recomended the Sulis
David may be late

Phrase Verb Examples

Run out
Go all out
Make out
Hand out
Bring out
Face up
Think through

In sentence

Dini looked forward to her elementary school
We brought up the same pillow
I make up at my friends house
He pointed out donal's mistake

Irregular Verb

Irregular verbs are the regular spelling patterns of past simple and past participle verbs. but, there are hundreds of irregular verb in the English language. But don't worry, while many are used often. some of the irregular verbs include is like the say, make, go, take, come, know, and see.

The Examples Of Irregular Verbs

Eat
Think
Bring
Speak
Drink
Drive
Run
Feel

In sentence

I take my time when you go to the market
Dini made some of plates and foods
He do agree when i come there
They have a suspicion about Diman
We have no bread left

Those all about verbs that we hope can be give us understand and can be references to learning English.

Definition of Verbs