what is a verb? and give some examples

A verb is a word that denotes an action. Verbs are also known as doing words. Examples of verbs are:

run, walk, eat, sing, dance etc.

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A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hearbecomehappen

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A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.

As you can see from that definition, there are two main categories of verbs:action verbs and state of being verbs (also known as linking verbs). 

Because action verbs and linking verbs are strong enough to be used in sentences all by themselves, they are called main verbs.

love cheese. I turned the page. (action verbs)

am a teacher. I turned green. (linking verbs)

But wait! There is also a third category of verbs which doesn't get any glory. They are the helping verbs.

Click here to see a list of all 24 helping verbs and to hear the helping verbs song!

The reason that these guys don't get any of the fame that action and linking verbs get is because they don't stand alone as main verbs.

Helping verbs are always helping either an action verb or a linking verb.

will play the piano. (helping verb and action verb)

will be a teacher. (helping verb and linking verb)


Let's look at some examples of verbs!

Action verb with no helping verb
I ate five pizzas!
Helping verb helping anaction verb
Now, my stomach will hurt for an hour.
Two helping verbs helping anaction verb
Actually, my stomach will be hurtingfor a few days.
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the words with ing

eg-walking etc.

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indirect object of a verb , although in ... directly to an act of giving something. In Russian and Swiss German , for example, the verb "to ...
Examples of finite verb forms: The following tables give examples of verb forms in various syntactic environments, largely from the Mitanni ...
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verb is a word that tells actio , state , posseetion . ex :red rose , beautiful girl

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a word tells quality abouta word like:tall tree

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