1st Class English Verb Verb

      Introduction

Action words are called verb. Verbs tell us something about noun or pronoun.  

Steve is a riding bicycle.                                 Child is playing football.

    Here action word is riding.                       Here action word is playing.        

       I eat ice cream.

 Here action word is eat.  

Riding, playing and eat all are verb.  

      Types of Verb

      The following table shows the types of verb:

Helping Verb                                     Main verb

Is, are, am                                           Go, read, play

Was, were                                           Write, sing, dance

Has, have, had                                   Learn, teach, move

Shall, will                                            Come, take, bring, etc.  

      The following table shows the verb in present, past and future:

Present                 Past                     Future

Look                     Looked                 Will look

Move                    Moved                  Will move

Talk                       Talked                   Will talk  

Present: He looks at me.

Past: He looked at me.

Future: He will look at me.  

  Which one of the following is a verb?

(A) He                                                                 

(B) Reads

(C) A book                                                         

(D) None of these  

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

'Reads' is a verb. Therefore, option (B) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.  

  Which one of the following is a verb in the given sentence? They go for a walk.

(A) They                                                              

(B) Walk

(C) Go                                                                  

(D) None of these  

Answer: (C)

Explanation:

'Go' is a verb. Therefore, option (C) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.in the following questions identify the verb.