LESSON 1 : INTRODUCTION TO VERBS

VERB

What is a verb?

• Effective English language communication usually requires that each sentence contain a subject and a verb. The subject is sometimes defined as a person, a place, or a thing. 

• The verb conveys an understanding of the action expressed, or it conveys the state of the subject.

          1. Action and state

1. Tom hit the ball. 

• The verb is hit.
• Tom acted; he hit something. 
• The verb describes the action.
• Effective communication also requires identification of the thing Tom hit. The object that Tom hit was a ball. The object of the verb hit is the ball. 

     2. The sky is blue. 

The verb, is, conveys the state of the subject.
The verb does not convey a sense of action.
The sky has a blue state.
Blue is the color that describes the sky.
The word blue is an adjective in the sentence, "The sky is blue."

The next lesson is:

1. Transitive verbs
2. Intransitive verbs

See you soon!