Verb

The verb is the most important part of speech. It is the only one part of speech that can make a statement about the subject.

Most of the verbs in common use express action. The action is not allways physical action like an action expressed in the sentence The hunters shot the deer. In the sentence, He solved the problem, the meaning of the verb solved implies both mental and physical activity.

A small, but very important group of verbs, do not express action. These verb which have the connecting function are called linking verbs.

A verb is not allways a single word. When the verb is composed of two or more words, it is called a verb phrase.

Every verb has 3 basic forms which are called the principal parts of the verb.

A verb not only undergoes certain changes to show tense, or the time of action, but it changes in form to show voice.

In addition to tense and voice, verbs have another property which is called mood.