Advanced English grammar and composition Author:David Gibbs Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE VERB 31. Read these sentences:— 1. Sixto writes. 3. Birds and bats fly. 2. Marta laughed. 4. The boy will learn his lesson. What does Sixto do ? ... more »What did Marta do ? What word tells what birds and bats do ? What words tell what the boy will do? These words — writes, laughed, fly and will learn — are used to express some action. They tell what persons or things do, did, or will do. They are called Verbs. We use a verb when we make a statement, ask a question, or give a command. Tn every sentence there must be a verb. What are the verbs in these sentences ? 5. Ramon caught some frogs. 6. Show me the frogs, Ramon. 7. Frogs jump and swim. 8. Ramon will eat the frogs. The words am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had, will be, shall be, seems, appears, feels do not express action, but they are called Verbs, because they are used to state, ask or command something. Verbs are words used to state, ask, request or command something. 32. After each of the following nouns write a verb that tells what each person or thing does: — 1. horse 4. farmers 7. ships 2. bees 5. carpenter 8. sailor 3. fish 6. fisherman 9. soldiers 33. Write sentences, using these verbs:— 1. threw 3. saw 5. bought 7. read 9. made 2. wrote 4. told 6. ate 8. sang 10. took 34. Some verbs consist of more than one word:— /have written a composition. Mother is making a new dress. The boys have been playing ball. To-morrow we shall go to the city. Tell the verbs in tJiese sentences: — 1. A steamship is crossing the ocean. It moves very rapidly. Many people are on it. They are going to many countries. 2. Bamboo is a giant grass. Some bamboos have seeds. The people of India eat bamboo seed. I have seen a bamboo seed. S. The children are planting ...« less