Verbs

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A verb is a word that denotes an action, being, or possession. Examples: showed and hit show action; is and was show being; have and has show possession.

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A verb can show action, such as showed or hit; being, such as is or was; and possession, such as have or has. These three uses help verbs express different meanings in a sentence.

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A transitive verb needs an object to complete its meaning. Example: in "The patient needs medicine", needs is transitive because medicine is needed to complete the meaning.

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An intransitive verb does not need an object and has complete meaning by itself. Example: in "The child smiled", smiled is intransitive because the sentence is complete without any object.

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Incomplete verbs need a complement to complete their meaning. Common incomplete verbs are be, become, appear, seem, and look. Example: "The teacher is intelligent" needs intelligent to complete the me…

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A direct object is a noun or pronoun that directly receives the action of the verb. It answers the question What? Example: in "Mr Hussain bought Akram an iPod", iPod is the direct object.

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An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that receives the direct object or is affected by it. It is normally placed before the direct object. Example: in "Mr Hussain bought Akram an iPod", Akram is th…

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Ask What? to find the direct object. Then ask who or for whom receives it to find the indirect object. In "Mr Hussain bought Akram an iPod", bought what? iPod; who received it? Akram.