In a sentence, a verb works as the main component of the predicate, the part of a sentence that indicates what the subject (person or thing) is or does.The three main types of verbs are action verbs, helping verbs, and linking verbs.Unlike most of the other parts of speech, verbs change their form.
![]() In English, there are a total of 12 verb tenses, as well as conditional tenses that indicate when an action may or may not happen. The following table shows the verb walk conjugated to the three main verb forms with the subject being I. Irregular verbs, however, are verbs that do not follow the rules for changing tense. It does not follow the rule for past tense verbs as sanged, but rather as the irregular conjugation sang. Verbs fall into three basic categories: action, linking, and helping. They link the subject with either a noun that renames it or an adjective that describes it. For example, the word am in the sentence I am tall describes the subject. There are some action verbs that function as linking verbs, such as grow. ![]() Helping verbs define the tense (past, present, future) or change the meaning of the main verb. The verb will functions as a linking verb in the sentence He will eat because it helps the main verb eat and indicated a future tense. Part of the LearningCity Family of Education Technology Products.
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