ABSTRACT
Verbs are a very important part of the English language. They are so important that every sentence has to have one. Verbs are to sentences what engines are to cars—they drive them, energize them and pull them along, sometimes at breakneck speed. The word went is a one horsepower verb, while the verb sneaked generates a good five hundred horsepower. It pulls people into the sentence by their eyeballs. Good writing uses lively, active verbs. When sentences are dull, it is usually because the verbs are lifeless. Every activity has its own set of movements and behaviors. Verbs describe these movements and behaviors. Verbs do more than describe action. Action verbs are not the only kind of verbs in the world. There are also helping verbs. The linking verbs make connections, or links, between words in sentences.
