Term: Verbs
Definition:
Verbs are one of the major grammatical groups, and all sentences must contain one. Verbs refer to an action (do, break, walk, etc.) or a state (be, like, own).
The verb tense shows the time of the action or state. Aspect shows whether the action or state is completed or not. Voice is used to show relationships between the action and the people affected by it. Mood shows the attitude of the speaker about the verb, whether it is a declaration or an order. Verbs can be affected by person and number to show agreement with the subject.
See Also: Auxiliary Verb; Ditransitive Verb; Dynamic Verb; Ergative Verb; Finite Verb; Inchoative Verb; Intransitive Verb; Irregular Verb; Middle Verb; Modal Verb; Regular Verb; Stative Verb; Transitive Verb; Verb Group; Verb Phrase; Main Verb; Parts of Speech
Category: Verbs and Tenses
Related Glossary Entries
- Action Verbs
- Active
- Agents
- Ambitransitive Verbs
- Aspect
- Auxiliary Verbs
- Base Form
- Causative Verbs
- Continuous Verbs
- Copula Verbs
- Declarative Mood
- Denominal Verbs
- Ditransitive Verbs
- Dynamic Verbs
- Emphatic Forms
- Ergative Verbs
- Finite Verbs
- Future Perfect
- Future Perfect Progressive (Future Perfect Continuous)
- Future Progressive (Future Continuous)
- Helping Verb
- Historic Present
- Imperatives
- Inchoative Verbs
- Intransitive Verbs
- Irregular Verbs
- Linking Verb
- Main Verbs
- Middle Verbs
- Mood
- Non-Finite Verbs
- Participles
- Past Participles
- Past Perfect
- Past Perfect Progressive (Past Perfect Continuous)
- Past Progressive (Past Continuous)
- Past Simple (Simple Past)
- Perfect
- Perfect Aspect
- Performative Verb
- Present Participle
- Present Perfect
- Present Perfect Progressive (Present Perfect Continuous)
- Present Progressive (Present Continuous)
- Present Simple Tense
- Progressive Aspect
- Regular Verbs
- Stative Verbs
- Subjunctive
- Tense
- Transitive Verb
- Verb Group
- Verb Phrase
- Voice