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A verb is often defined as a word which shows action or state of being. The verb isthe heart of a sentence - every sentence must have a verb. Recognizing the verb isoften the most important step in understanding the meaning of a sentence. In the

sentenceThe dog bit the man, bitis the verband the word which shows the actionof the sentence. In the sentence The man is sitting on a chair, even though the

action doesn't show much activity,sitting is the verbof the sentence. In thesentence She is a smart girl, there is no action but a state of being expressed by

the verb is. The word be is different from other verbs in many ways but can stillbe thought of as a verb.

Unlike most of the other parts of speech, verbschange their form. Sometimesendings are added (learn - learned) and sometimes the word itself becomes

different (teach-taught). The different forms ofverbsshow different meaningsrelated to such things as tense (past, present, future), person(first person, second

person, third person), number (singular, plural) and voice (active,

passive). Verbsare also often accompanied by verb-like wordscalled modals (may, could, should,etc.) and auxiliaries(do, have, will, etc.) to

give them different meanings.

One of the most important things about verbs is their relationship totime. Verbs tell if something has already happened, if it will happen later, or if itis happening now. For things happening now, we use the present tense of a verb;

for something that has already happened, we use thepast tense; and for

something that will happen later, we use the future tense. Some examplesofverbs in each tense are in the chart below:

Present Past Future

look looked will look

move moved will move

talk talked will talk

Verbs like those in the chart above that form the past tense by adding -dor -edare called regular verbs. Some of the most common verbsare not regular and

the different forms of the verbmust be learned. Some examples of suchirregularverbsare in the chart below:


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Present Past Future

see saw will see

hear heard will hear

speak spoke will speak

The charts above show the simple tensesof the verbs. There arealso progressiveor continuous forms which show that the action takes place overa period of time, and perfect forms which show completion of the action. Theseforms will be discussed more in other lessons, but a few examples are given in thechart below:

Present Continuous Present Perfect

is looking has looked

is speaking has spokenis talking has talked

Simple present tense verbshave a special form for the third personsingular. Singularmeans "one"and pluralmeans "more than one." Person isused here to show who or what does the action and can have the followingforms:

1st person or the self (I, we)

2nd person or the person spoken to (you)

3rd person or a person not present (he, she, it, they)

Thethird person singularforms are represented by the pronouns he, she, it. Thechart below shows how the third person singular verb form changes:

Singular Plural

1st Person (I)

see

hear

come

1st Person (we)

see

hear

come

2nd Person (you)

see

hear

come

2nd Person (you)

see

hear

come

3rd Person (he, she, it)

sees

hears

comes3rd Person (they)

see

hear

come


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A verbmust "agree" with its subject. Subject-verb agreementgenerally meansthat the third person singular verb form must be used with a third personsubject in the simple present tense.The word be - the most irregular and alsomost common verb in English - has different forms for each person and even forthe simple past tense. The forms of the word beare given in the chart below:

Number Person Present Past Future

Singular

1st (I) am was will be

2nd (you) are were will be

3rd (he, she, it) is was will be

Plural

1st (we) are were will be

2nd (you) are were will be

3rd (they) are were will be

Usually a subject comes before a verband an objectmay come after it.The subjectis what does the action of the verband the object is what receives theaction. In the sentence Bob ate a humburger, Bob is the subjector the one whodid the eating and the hamburger is the objector what got eaten. A verbwhichhas anobject is called a transitive verband some examples arethrow, buy, hit,love. A verbwhich has no object is called an intransitive verband some examplesarego, come, walk, listen.

As you can see in the charts above, verbsare often made up of more than one

word. The future forms, for example, use the wordwilland the perfect forms usethe word have. These words are called helpingor auxiliary verbs. Theword becan serve as an auxiliaryandwilland shall are alsoauxiliaryforms. Thechart below shows two other verbs which can also be used as auxiliaries:

Number Person Present Past

Singular

1st (I)have

do

had

did

2nd (you)

have

do

had

did

3rd (he, she, it)has

does

had

did

Plural

1st (we)have

do

had

did

2nd (you)have

do

had

did


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3rd (they)have

do

had

did

There is a type ofauxiliary verbcalled a modal which changes the meaning ofa verb in different ways. Words like can, should, would, may,

might,andmust are modalsand are covered in other lessons.

There are other lessons that cover the use ofverbs. This lesson presents some ofthe important features ofverbsand also shows some common forms. Review thislesson as many times as you want, and when you are ready, take thepop quiz on

this chapter.

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Transitive Verbs: These verbs involve a direct object.

Example 1: The boy throws the ball.

Here throws is the verb and ball is the direct object.

Example 2: The man reads the book.

Here reads is the verb and book is the direct object

List of Verbs, Verb Examples

Accept Disagree Obey

Achieve Drag Offend

Add Drive Offer

Admire Drop Open

Admit Earn Paint

Adopt Eat PayAdvise Employ Pick

Agree Encourage Play

Allow Enjoy Pray

Announce Establish Print
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Appreciate Estimate Pull

Approve Exercise Punch

Argue Expand Punish

Arrive Explain Purchase

Ask Fear Push

Assist Feel Quit

Attack Fight Race

Bake Find Read

Bathe Fly Relax

Be Forget Remember

Beat Forgive Reply

Become Fry Retire

Beg Gather Rub

Behave Get See

Bet Give Select

Boast Glow Sell

Boil Greet Send

Borrow Grow Sing

Breathe Guess Snore

Bring Harass Stand

Build Hate Stare

Burn Hear Start

Bury Help Stink

Buy Hit Study

Call Hope Sweep

Catch Identify Swim

Challenge Interrupt Take


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Change Introduce Talk

Cheat Irritate Teach

Chew Jump Tear

Choose Keep Tell

Clap Kick Thank

Clean Kiss Travel

Collect Laugh Type

Compare Learn Understand

Complain Leave Use

Confess Lend Visit

Confuse Lie Wait

Construct Like Walk

Control Listen Want

Copy Lose Warn

Count Love Wed

Create Make Weep

Cry Marry Wink

Damage Measure Worry

Dance Meet Write

Deliver Move Yell

DestroyMurder


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Action verbs tell about something a person, animal, force of nature or thing can do or be. Can you cry, march, rinse,

or turn? Can the wind blow or a cup fall? Yes, those are all actions. Use this list to think of other action verbs.

addallow

bakebangcallchasedamage

dropend

escapefastenfixgathergrab

hanghug

imagineitchjogjumpkick

knitland

lockmarchmixnamenotice

obeyopen

passpromisequestionreachrinse

scatterstay

talkturnuntieusevanish

visitwalk

workyawnyellzipzoom

Verbs also use special rules for telling when something happened - in the past, the present, or the future. Here is a

list of examples for each verb tense using the verb break. Try putting other verbs in the place of break.

Example sentences

She came across some old love letters.

The small dog was reluctant to learn new things.

Finally, we can afford to buy a new house.

Walking on the ice, she slipped and fell.

Open the door to let the fresh air in.

To make lemonade, you first need some lemons.

1) I am "running" outside today

2) I "ran" outside today

3) I am "cooking" dinner

4) I am "returning" home

5) I am "making" a phone call

6) I am "speaking" on the phone

7) I "spoke" to my mother

8) I am "eating" lunch

9) I "ate" lunch

10) I am "singing" a song

11) I "took" a photograph

12) I am going to "take" a picture13) I "bought" this car

14) I "need" money

15) I "Understand" what you are saying

16) I "Understood" what you said

17) I "put on" a hat

18) I "reside" in a house

19) I "fell" down

20) I "jumped" over the cat


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bend- He bent the branch until it broke.

break- My boy has broken three windows this week!

buy- Janice bought a new watch last week.

- Have you caught the flu?

come- We came home earlier yesterday.

cut- How pieces have you cut?

draw- She drew a beautiful picture in class.drink - I was so thirsty I drank two bottles of water.

drive- Have you ever driven across the US?

eat - We ate lunch early today.

find- Have you found him yet?

fly - Cheryl flew to Brazil last month.

forget- Have you forgotten (forgot - UK) you had an appointment?

give - They gave us an early appointment.

go- Have you ever gone on vacation alone?

grow - She grew up very poor.

have- I had some toast for breakfast.

hit - He's hit me three times!

hold- She held on tightly and entered the tunnel.keep - Have you kept your word to Peter?

Because it was starting to rain outside, Mary reached for her umbrella.

Reachinga something Mary can doespecially if she doesnt want to get wet.

Jennifer watched the pretty birds building a nest.

Watchingis something that Jennifer can do.

The fireworks exploded in the night sky.

Explodingis something fireworks can do and they do it very well!

The water churned and boiled over the hot flame.Churningand boilingis something water can do.

Verb sentences:

1. My dog was scratching the door.

2. I was flicking the flies with a fly-squatter.

3. I touched the bottom of my foot.

4. He recited a poem by Edgar Allen Poe.5. She sang a beautiful song.

6. The kid plays quietly in his room.

7. I studied for my exam.

8. I cried for no reason.

9. My flowers died.

10.Theypicked the white roses.
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11. His dad fixed my car.

12. I ate all the cake by myself.

13.Why did you kickme?

14. The cat licked himself.

15. He ran the other way.16. The movie showed violent scenes.

17. The ladywrecked her jeep.

18. I prayed for you.

19.Who drankmy soda?

20.The studentsbrought their books home.

21. Marybought some new shoes.

22.Coach Royscreamed at us.

23.Momwashed the dishes.

24.Dad cleaned the rest of the house.

25.Grandpawatched TV.

26.Grandmabaked pies.

27.Lucyreorganizedher closet.

28.Michael fed the animals.

29.Bettyyelled at Scot.

30.Henrywrote a letter to the President.

31.Vickie hugged her baby brother.

32.Tommyread a book.

33.Stephanie helpedMichael with his homework.

34.Jason rode a bike.

35.Ericavacuumed her room.

36.Rudydanced to the music.

37.Priscilla punched the wall.

38.William milked the cow.

39.Judy wasjuggling fruit.

40.George programmed the remote.

41. Doris stopped the school bus.

42.Felipe fumbled the ball.

43.Marcus auditioned for the role of Romeo.

44.Kellythrewa stick at me.

45.Richard stole a toy from his brother.

46.Jessica lied about her weight.

47.Nicolas groaned in pain.


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48.Amydyed her hair pink.

49.Lester cut the tree down.

50.Yesenia poured coffee in mom's cup.

51. Kevin mowed the lawn.

52.Laurajumped over the fence.53.Oscar pushed the door open.

54.Quincydrove his dad's truck without permission.

55.Rita tickled her dog Delilah.

56.Bret killed a rat.


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Speak

Swim

Deliver


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Handwrite

Cut

Push


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Dyed hair

Dance

Watch tv


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Eat

Cry

Flicking


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Juggling fruit

Prayed

Wash


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Clean

Fixed

Touch

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