What is a Verb ? / āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ•āĻŋ ?


What is a Verb ?  / āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ•āĻŋ ?

A verb is a word that shows action or state of being. āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āϝāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϜāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ Without a verb, a sentence is incomplete. āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āύ⧋āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻžāρāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

1)Action Verbs / āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ: These verbs show what someone does. āĻāχ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ They tell about an action. āχ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ āϚāϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

Examples / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Ram runs. → runs = action verb ā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻĻā§Œā§°ā§‡āĨ¤ → āĻĻā§Œā§°ā§‡ = āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ
She writes a letter. → writes = action verb. āϤ⧇āϖ⧇āρāχ āĻāϟāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āϞāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ → āϞāϝāĻŧ = āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ
The boy plays football. → plays = action verb. āĻ›ā§‹ā§ąāĻžāϞāϜāύ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŦāϞ āϖ⧇āϞ⧇āĨ¤ → āϖ⧇āϞ⧇ = āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ

2)Being Verbs/ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ: These verbs do not show action. āĻāχ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āĨ¤

They show state, condition or identity. āχ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§ą āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āϜāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

Examples/ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: She is happy. → is = being verb. āϤ⧇āϖ⧇āρāχ āϏ⧁āĻ–ā§€āĨ¤ → āφāϛ⧇ (āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžāχāϛ⧇). I am tired. → am = being verb. āĻŽāχ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĨ¤ → āφāϛ⧋āρ (āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž)

They are students. → are = being verb. āϤ⧇āĻ“āρāϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĨ¤ → āφāϛ⧇ (āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ)

Common Being Verbs / āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been (āφāĻŽ, āχāϜ, āφ⧰, ā§ąāĻžāϜ, ā§ąāĻžā§°, āĻŦāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ‚, āĻŦāĻŋāύ)

Golden Rule / āϏ⧋āύāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ: Every sentence must have a verb.. āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϤ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻŦāχ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤ Without a verb, a sentence is wrong or incomplete. āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āύ⧋āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻžāρāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āϭ⧁āϞ/āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

Examples / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Ram in the room. → incomplete (no verb). ā§°āĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧋āĻ āĻžāϤāĨ¤ → āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ
Ram is in the room. → Complete. ā§°āĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧋āĻ āĻžāϤ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ → āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ

Subject – Verb Agreement: Meaning / āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨ :

The subject and the verb must match each other.

Subject–Verb Agreement āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•'āϞ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ: āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϤSubject āφ⧰⧁ Verb āĻĻā§ā§Ÿā§‹āϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤Singular & Plural Rule

If the subject is singular → the verb must be singular

If one person/thing, verb ends with -s / -es / is / was

āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ/āĻāϟāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ-s / -es āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāĻŦ āĻŦāĻž is/was āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻš'āĻŦāĨ¤

Examples: He plays. → singular verb. āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āϖ⧇āϞ⧇āĨ¤ She writes. āϤ⧇āϖ⧇āρāχ āϞāϝāĨ¤ Ram is smart.

If the subject is plural → the verb must be plural

If more than one, verb has no -s / no -es or uses are/were

āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ, āϤ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻāϤ-s / -es āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻž are/were āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

Examples: They play. āϤ⧇āĻ“āρāϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞ⧇āĨ¤ We write. āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻ–ā§‹āρāĨ¤ Students are ready. āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĨ¤

Wrong vs Right

Wrong Sentence: He play football. Reason: "He" is singular, but "play" is plural verb → mismatch.

Right Sentence: He plays football. Reason: "He" is singular, and "plays" is singular verb → matches correctly.

Wrong Sentence: They plays football. Reason: "They" is plural, but "plays" is singular verb → mismatch.

Right Sentence: They play football.nReason: "They" is plural, and "play" is plural verb → matches correctly.

Singular āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύ subject → Singular verb (adds -s / -es) āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύ Verb (-s / -es āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇)

Plural āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ subject → Plural verb (no -s / no -es) āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ Verb (-s / -es āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇)

Golden Rule/ āϏ⧋āύāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ

Subject and verb must agree in number. Subject āφ⧰⧁ Verb ā§° āĻŦāϚāύ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻš'āĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤

One subject → one verb form. āĻāϟāĻž Subject → āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύ Verb āϤ

Many subjects → many verb form. āĻŦāĻšā§ Subject → āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ Verb āϤ