Verb, It's the Action Word

The simplest way to describe a verb is as the action word in a sentence. The verb makes the noun do something. That is why we need the verb. If the verb wasn't there, the noun would just be stuck, in a rut, with nothing to do.

All cheesiness aside, the verb is important. It indicted what the noun is doing in many different ways.

While verbs are our main source of action words but they are not necessarily always action. They may indicate other notions, such as, a sense, a perception, a mental state or a connecting function. This can be seen when someone "feels" something or "expects" something. These are not inherent actions but more of an action that is a state of mind.

All verbs can take on the form of the present participle through adding the suffix of -ing, to the base form. The present participle is usually added to another verb. The phrase "present participle" does not indicate a time structure to the verb, it is only through the sentence structure that time is indicated, for example "I was dancing" verses "I am dancing". "Dancing" does not show when it occurred.

The past participle has a suffix of -ed or -en to the base form. The past participle also has irregular words that do not hold to the standard pattern but instead must be memorized for understanding.

Verbs have more subcategories and indicators that I will update in more detail in the next couple of weeks.