English/Parts of Speech/Verbs

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Parts of speech: Nouns - Verbs - Adjectives - Adverbs - Pronouns - Conjunctions - Prepositions - Interjections

Parts of the sentence: Subjects - Predicates

Word functions: Subjects - Predicates - Direct Objects - Indirect Objects - Objects of the Preposition

Types of sentences: Simple Sentences - Complex Sentences

Types of Phrases: Adjective - Adverb - Noun

Types of Clauses: Adjective - Adverb - Noun

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A verb is the action or status of a sentence. Verbs can be present, past or future tense and can be simple, progressive (also called continuous), or perfect. Every sentence must have a subject and a verb, otherwise it is considered an 'incomplete sentence'.

For example: Phil is tall.

"Phil" is the subject of the sentence.
"is" is the verb of the sentence.

Here are some verbs in the present tense in English:

(be) I am, You are, He/She/It is, We are, They are
(do) I do, You do, He/She/It does, We do, They do
(play) I play, You play, He/She/It plays, We play, They play
(like) I like, You like, He/She/It likes, We like, They like
(eat) I eat, You eat, He/She/It eats, We eat, They eat
(work) I work, You work, He/She/It works, We work, They work

As you see, the present tense of a verb is the same for every person but has an "s" for He, She and It. The verb "to be" is the only verb which changes for I and You.

Simple tenses>>