An introduction to verbs.
The words in a sentence that tell us what is happening are called verb. They can be thought of as 'action' or 'doing' words.
All sentences have a verb. Verbs often end with 'ing'.
All the action words in these sentences show what someone or something is doing.
More on verbs in the present tense.
A verb can tell us what a noun has done in the past, is doing now or will do in the future.
More on the tenses of verbs.
With the coming of the digital age more and more nouns are being used as verbs.
A quick look at more descriptive verbs than 'to walk'.
The verb 'to be' is tricky but we use it all the time. This page looks at 'to be' in the present tense.
A look at 'to be' in the past tense