A verb is the action or state of being in a sentence. It happened in the past, so it is a past-tense verb. Example: You were a great singer. In this sentence, the verb is “were.” It shows a state of being that was in the past, so it is a past tense verb. Example: After lunch, I will call my mother.

A verb is a word that conveys ACTION, OCCURRENCE, or STATE OF BEING. Verbs are needed to form complete sentences or questions. 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.

Verbs – Vocabulary Word List

• accept. ache. acknowledge. act. add. admire. admit.
• babble. back. bake. balance. balk. ban. bandage.
• cajole. calculate. call. camp. care. carry. carve.
• dam. damage. dance. dare. deal. debate. decay.
• earn. eat. echo. edit. educate. elope. embarrass.
• face. fade. fail. fall. falter. fasten.
• garden. gasp. gather. gaze. gel. get.
• hail. hammer. hand. handle. hang. happen.

A verb is a word used to describe an action, state or occurrence. Verbs can be used to describe an action, that’s doing something. For example, like the word ‘jumping’ in this sentence: Or a verb can be used to describe an occurrence, that’s something happening.

An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb (he sings loudly), an adjective (very tall), another adverb (ended too quickly), or even a whole sentence (Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella). Adverbs often end in -ly, but some (such as fast) look exactly the same as their adjective counterparts.

An adverb is simply a word that describes a verb (an action or a doing word).

Find the word in a sentence that describes action.

1. For example, in the sentence, “He ran to the beach,” the verb is “ran” because running is an action.
2. Think about other words that describe actions. “Walk,” “think,” “play,” and “drive” are all action words and work as verbs.

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Because of their distinctive endings, these adverbs are known as -LY ADVERBS. However, by no means all adverbs end in -ly. Note also that some adjectives also end in -ly, including costly, deadly, friendly, kindly, likely, lively, manly, and timely.

Although that is often true, some adverbs, such as fast, lack the ending. For this reason, they are known as flat adverbs. In addition, many words ending in -ly aren’t adverbs. Others, which do not have root words, include early and ugly (both adjectives and adverbs) and burly and grisly (which are only adjectives).

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