Verbs Definition (What is a Verb ?) - El Mutaalim Academy _ اكاديمية المتعلم

 

Introduction To verbs:

A verb is a word that expresses an action or occurrence. It is also defined as action words or doing words.

Consider the verb in the following sentence:

                      Alex eats an apple.

Here, the verb eats denotes an action which Alex performs-the action of eating an apple .

 Here are some Examples of verbs in Sentences:

1.             Amina drives a big car.
2.             He travels to work by his bicycle.
3.             David walked long miles today.
4.             She opened the door.

We can notice in (1) and (2) the that the verbs have -s at the end, while in (3) and (4), the verbs have an -ed at the end. these endings are know as Inflections, we add them to the Base Form. In (1), the -s ending is added to the base form of drive.