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Verbs show action or state of being. The verb is the most important part of any sentence. Every sentence must have at least one verb. A sentence may have multiple verbs.

There are several kinds of verbs.

• Action verbs show some kind of action.
• Transitive verbs are action verbs which have a direct object
• Intransitive verbs are action verbs with no direct object

• Linking verbs show state of being. What comes after the verb describes or renames the subject of the sentence.
• They are often related to the five senses.
• Some common linking verbs include is, am, are, was, were, seem, become, smell (not the action), feel (not the action), look (not the action), sound, taste (not the action)

• Helping verbs come before other verbs and alter the meaning of the main verb in some way
• to be a helping verb these must come directly before another verb
• the forms of to be with an "ing" verb make "progressive" tenses: is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been
• the forms of to have with a past participle make "perfect" tenses: have, has, had
• other common helping verbs include: do, does, did, may, might, must, can, could, will, would, shall, should