A verb expresses action (the man rose, the man wrote, the man cried). It tells you what the subject does. And, it expresses the state of being (the man is, the man was, I am the man). If a picture is worth a thousand words, verbs in English create a thousand pictures. Without verbs, everything would look the same.It would be like alphabet soup with all the the letters floating around not making any sense.When a sentence is created, it is like building a house. There are several elements that a house must have. One of the most important elements that every sentence must have is a verb. It is part of the foundation. You do not have to have an adjective. But you must have a subject, and a verb. The verb tells the story. For example, if the sentence starts with "the man," a verb will tell you something about the man.

The man drove

The man ran

The man cooked

 

The verb is a distinct part of speech that tells the reader something exclusive about action of the subject. To say, "the man" would not be a sentence.However, add a verb, and the reader is told something about the mans action. You may add an adjective that describes the man, but would be incomplete. . If someone said, "the short man," this would not be a sentence. The adjective "short" would not tell you what the man did. There has to be an action. Everyone must know something about grammar in order to be able to communicate. Speech would be like the alphabet soup. Books would be more like a dictionary without meaning.

Verbs tell you the action, and they provide the  English verb tenses of the action. The "man will drive" would tell you what he would do in the future. "The man drove" tells you what he has already done. Using the wrong tense of the verb can be confusing. There are many types of verbs, and the architect of the sentence must know how , and when to use each one. Is the verb active, or passive? When do you use an adverb. Understanding verb usage can create a world with great communication of ideas. Write a story about the man using these verbs. Decide what tense you will use. This is a great exercise to test your skill of using verbs.

English list of verbs:

arises arose arisen

come came

do did done

rise rose risen

forgive forgive forgiven

forsake forsook forsaken

build built

deal, dealt

sow sowed sew sowed sown

stink stank stunk

take took taken

foretell foretold

throw threw thrown

write wrote written

pay paid

eat ate eaten

forget forgot forgotten

sing sang sung