E.

VERBS
~ A verb tells us what a person or thing does.
. e.g.: He walks. She runs. He jumps. He cuts wood.

There are 5 kinds of Verbs:

1. Verbs of Saying Word.

~ walk, run, jump, cut etc are the words that tell what we do. We cannot say anything without
such words.
~ we add an ‘s’ to the verbs after ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘it’.

I eat He eats.
We eat. She eats.
You eat. It eats.
They eat.

~ we drop ‘s’ from the second verb after the verb ‘does’.
e.g.: Does he speak?
He does.
He does speak.
He speaks.
But, he does not speak.

2. Verbs of Doing.
~ is the verb that tells what they are doing.
e.g.: What is he doing? He is standing.
What is she doing? She is dancing.

3. Verbs of Being.
~ is the words of ‘am’, ‘are’, ‘is’ that help us complete the meaning of what we say.
~ They are called auxiliary verbs.

I am.
We are.
You are.
They are.
He is.
She is.
It is.

e.g.: I am a boy. It is a cat.

We are boys. He is tired.
You are boys. She is ill.
They are boys. They are happy.
He is a boy. I am sad.
She is a girl. It is horrible.
 4. Principal Verbs or Full Verbs.
~is the verbs of ‘do’ and ‘does’ that show action. They tell us what people do.

I do
We do
You do
They do
He does
She does
It does
e.g.:
I do not like fish.
We do not fight.
You do not play.
They do their training in school.
He does not run
She does not cry.
It does not bark.
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5. Verbs of Possession.
~is the word of ‘have’ and ‘has’ that show ownership.

Have Has
I have He has
We have She has
You have It has
They have

e.g.:
I have a watch. Have I? You have.
We have a house. Have we? You have.
You have a brush. Have you? I have.
They have new shoes. Have they? They have.
He has a knife. Has he? He has.
She has a book. Has she? She has.
It has sharp teeth. Has it? It has.

VERBS vs. NOUNS?

~ Many words can be used as nouns as well as verbs.
~ A noun gives the name of a thing, an action and so on. It answers the question of ‘what?’
after the verb.
~ A verb tells what a person does.

e.g.: I walk to town. (Verb. What do I do?)

I had a walk. (Noun. Had what?)

We shout. (Verb. What do we do?)

We heard a shout. (Noun. Heard what?)