what is verb?

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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 verb is a part of speech which conveys an action or a state of being. It is the most important aspect to frame a meaningful sentence. It asserts something about the subject of the sentence. Here are a few examples for you to understand better:
- Please add two spoons of sugar in my tea;
- Do not allow him to watch television for more than 2 hours;
- The thief escaped the prison last night;
- The sweeper gathered all the dry leaves;
- The child could well imagine the sunset;
- He could not promise his son anything;
- They stayed in that mansion for 5 years;
- We were talking when the phone rang.

The words in bold describe verbs or action words.

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verb is a naming word

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 The part of speech (or word class) that describes an action or occurrence or indicates a state of being.

There are two main classes of verbs: (1) the large open class oflexical verbs (also known as main verbs or full verbs--that is, verbs that aren't dependent on other verbs); and (2) the small closed class of auxiliary verbs (also called helping verbs). The two subtypes of auxiliaries are theprimary auxiliaries (be, have, and do), which can also act as lexical verbs, and the modal auxiliaries (can, could, may, might, must, ought, shall, should, will, andwould).

Verbs and verb phrases usually function aspredicates. They can display differences in tense,moodaspectnumberperson, and voice. See "Observations," below.

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