Verbs

• ​Most verbs are action words.

  • kick, run, jump, study, play​

• They tell us what the nouns are doing.

  • ​The kittens drink milk.

    • ​Some are present tense (happening now!)

  • ​​Batman rescued the boy.

  • ​The team ran laps.

    • ​Some are past tense (happened in the past!)

• ​Some verbs describe a status or link an idea.

  • ​The girl is happy.

    • ​"Is" = a verb here because it tells us the girl's status or linking her to happiness.

• Some verbs are used to help get a certain idea across.

  • ​My brother could be going with us.

    • ​"Could be going" is all part of the verb phrase.

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