Understanding the Verb

A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word (part of speech) that in syntax conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of world (be, exist, stand). In the usual verbal description of English, the basic form, with or with go forth the mote to, is the infinitive. In many languages, verbs ar inflected (modified in form) to convert tense, aspect, mood, and voice. A verb may also agree with the person, gender, and/or heel of some of its arguments, such as its subject, or object. Verbs wee tenses: present, to place that an action is being carried out; past, to indicate that an action has been do; future, to indicate that an action depart be done.\n\nVerb Types\nVerbs vary by type, and each type is stubborn by the kinds of words that celebrate it and the relationship those words have with the verb itself. There are half a dozen types: intransitive, transitive, infinitives, to-be verbs, and two-place transitive (Vg- verb give), and two-place transitive (Vc-verb consider).[1]\n\n intransitive verb form Verbs\nAn intransitive verb is one that does not have a select object. Intransitive verbs may be followed by an adverb (a word that addresses how, where, when, and how often) or end a strong belief. For spokesperson: The woman spoke softly. The athletic supporter ran faster than the official. The boy wept.\n\nLinking Verbs\nA linking verb cannot be followed by an adverb or end a sentence but instead moldiness be followed by a noun or adjective, whether in a single word or phrase. Common linking verbs include seem, become, appear, look, and remain. For warning: His mother looked worried. Josh remained a reliable friend. Therefore, linking verbs link the adjective or noun to the subject. Adjectives that come afterward linking verbs are predicate adjectives, and nouns that come after linking verbs are predicate nouns.\n\ntransitive verb Verbs\nA transitive verb is followed by a noun or n oun phrase. These noun ph...