Give several verbs that assert action. Give some that assert being, and
some that assert state of being.
+DEFINITION+.--+A _Verb_ is a word that asserts action, being-, or state of
being+.
There are, however, two forms of the verb, the participle and the
infinitive (see Lessons 37 and 40), that express action, being, or state of
being, without asserting it.
+Direction.+--_Write after each of the following nouns as many appropriate
verbs as you can think of_:--
Let some express being and some express state of being.
+Model.--_Noun._
| burns.
| melt.
| scorches.
Fire | keep.
(or) + spreads.
Fires | glow.
| rages.
| heat.
| exists.
+Remark.+--Notice that the simple form of the verb, as, _burn, melt,
scorch_, adds _s_ or _es_ when its subject noun names but one thing.
Lawyers, mills, horses, books, education, birds, mind.
A verb may consist of two, three, or even four words; as, _is learning, may
be learned, could have been learned_. [Footnote: Such groups of words are
sometimes called _verb-phrases_. For definition of _phrase_, see Lesson
17.]
+Direction.+--_Unite the words in columns_ 2 _and_ 3 _below, and append the
verbs thus formed to the nouns and pronouns in column_ 1 _so as to make
good sentences_:--
+Remark.
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