Meaning and Types of Verb (With Examples and Sentences)

WHAT IS A VERB? 

A verb is a word that shows an action, state, or occurrence. It tells what a person, animal, or thing does or what happens.

Examples: run, eat, sing, is, are, was, jump, write, play

Example Sentences:

1. She runs every morning.

2. The baby is crying.

3. They played football yesterday.

4. I am writing a letter.

5. The sun shines brightly.

TYPES OF VERBS 

Below are the main types of verbs with examples and sentences:

1. Action Verbs (Dynamic Verbs) – These show what someone or something does. They express physical or mental actions.

Examples: run, eat, jump, think, read

Sentences:

A. The boys run in the field.

B. She writes a story every week.

C. I think about my goals often.

2. Linking Verbs (State of Being Verbs) – These connect the subject to more information about it. They do not show action but describe a state or condition.

Common linking verbs: am, is, are, was, were, seem, become, appear

Sentences:

A. She is a teacher.

B. The soup smells delicious.

C. They were happy yesterday.

3. Helping Verbs (Auxiliary Verbs) – These are used with main verbs to form tenses, questions, or negatives. 

Common helping verbs: am, is, are, was, were, have, has, do, does, will, shall, can, may

Sentences:

A. She is eating rice.

B. They have finished their homework.

C. He will go to school tomorrow.

4. Transitive Verbs – These verbs need an object to complete their meaning. (They answer what? or whom?)

Examples: buy, eat, read, write, kick

Sentences:

A. She reads a book. (What does she read? → a book)

B. He kicked the ball.

C. They bought a new car.

5. Intransitive Verbs – These verbs do not need an object to complete their meaning.

Examples: sleep, run, cry, go, arrive

Sentences:

A. The baby cried loudly.

B. They arrived early.

C. He runs every morning.

6. Regular Verbs – These verbs form their past tense by adding “-ed” or “-d”.

Examples: play → played, wash → washed, call → called

Sentences:

A. She played with her friends.

B. I washed the dishes.

7. Irregular Verbs – These verbs do not follow the regular “-ed” rule when forming past tense.

Examples: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, come → came

Sentences:

A. He went to school.

B. They saw a movie yesterday.

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