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What are action verbs? Answer Can you name some modal verbs? Answer 10 What are examples of modal verbs in the English language? Answer What are some linking verbs? Answer 10 What are the categories of helping verbs (also called auxiliary verbs) in the English language? Answer 15 What are verbs? What are the categories of verbs in the English language? What are other names of helping verbs in the English language? What are the categories of helping verbs (also called auxiliary verbs) in the English language? What is a modal verb? What are modal verbs? What is the difference? Can you name some modal verbs? What are examples of modal verbs in the English language? What are other terms for modal verbs in the English language? What are the functions of modal verbs in the English language? What are some linking verbs? What is a transitive verb? What is an intransitive verb? What are examples of sentences in 12 tenses with the verb investigate and its conjugated forms? Here are further guidelines. |
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| Verb | Definition |
| Accept | To receive; to regard as true, proper, normal, inevitable |
| Accomplish | To execute fully; to attain |
| Adjust | To make slight changes in something to make it fit or function better |
| Administer | Manage or direct the performance of duties or actions |
| Adopt | To take up and practice as one's own; to accept or carry out a plan |
| Advise | Recommend a course of action; offer an informed opinion based on specialized knowledge |
| Analyze | Separate into elements and critically examine, to study or determine relationship or accuracy |
| Answer | To speak or write in reply to a request |
| Anticipate | Foresee and deal with in advance, give advanced thought or consideration, remedy in advance |
| Apply | To put to use for a purpose; to employ diligently or with close attention |
| Appraise | Evaluate the worth or merit of |
| Approve | Accept as satisfactory; exercise final authority with regard to commitment of resources |
| Arrange | Make preparation for an event; put in proper order |
| Assemble | Collect or gather together in a predetermined order from various sources |
| Assess | Determine the value or accuracy of; evaluate |
| Assign | Specify or designate tasks or duties to be performed by others |
| Assist | To give support or aid |
| Assure | Give confidence, to make certain, guarantee |
| Attain | To gain or achieve |
| Attend | To be present for the purpose of making a contribution |
| Articulate | To give clear and effective communication |
| Audit | To make a formal examination or review |
| Authorize | Approve; empower through vested authority |
| Budget | To plan the allocation, expenditure, or use of resources, especially money or time |
| Calculate | Make a mathematical computation; judge to be sure or probable |
| Clarify | Make something clearer by explaining in greater detail |
| Classify | To arrange or assign to a category |
| Collaborate | Work jointly with; cooperate with others, acts as liaison providing a close relationship, connection, or link |
| Communicate | To impart a verbal or written message; to transmit information |
| Compare | Determine if two or more items, entries are the same and if they are not, identify the differences |
| Compile | Put together information; collect from other documents |
| Comply | To conform to something for example, a rule, law, policy, or regulation |
| Compose | To create or arrange in proper or orderly form |
| Conduct | Guide; carry out from a position of command or control; to direct or take part in the operation or management of |
| Confirm | Give approval to, verify |
| Consolidate | To join together as one whole |
| Construct | To form by combining or arranging parts |
| Consult | Seek the advice of others; to give professional advice or services; to confer |
| Contribute | To play a significant part in bringing about an end or result |
| Coordinate | Combine the actions of others to bring to a common result |
| Correspond | Communicate with in writing |
| Counsel | To give advice or guidance, to consult with |
| Create | To bring into existence; to produce through imaginative skill |
| Delegate | Commission another to perform tasks or duties that may carry specific degrees of accountability |
| Design | Conceive, create and execute according to plan |
| Determine | Resolve; fix conclusively or authoritatively |
| Develop | Disclose, discover, perfect, or unfold a plan or idea |
| Devise | Come up with something new - perhaps by combining or applying known or new ideas or principles |
| Direct | Guide work operations though the establishment of objectives, policies, practices and standards |
| Disseminate | Spread or disperse information |
| Distribute | Deliver to proper destinations |
| Document | To support with written information and records |
| Draft | Prepare papers or documents in preliminary form |
| Edit | To revise and prepare material (written, film, tape, soundtrack) for publication or display |
| Endorse | Support or recommend; express approval |
| Enhance | Improve; make better |
| Ensure | Guarantee or make certain |
| Establish | Bring into existence; enact an agreement |
| Estimate | Forecast requirements; appraise, judge approximate value |
| Evaluate | Determine or fix the value of; assess, careful appraisal |
| Examine | Scrutinize closely (as to determine compliance) |
| Execute | Put into effect or carry out |
| Expedite | Accelerate the process or progress of |
| Facilitate | To make a process easier to perform |
| File | To arrange in a methodical manner |
| Finalize | To bring something to a point at which everything has been agreed upon and arranged |
| Forecast | To predict; to estimate in advance |
| Formulate | Develop or devise |
| Foster | To promote the growth or development of |
| Generate | To bring into existence; to cause to be; to produce |
| Greet | To welcome in a cordial, professional manner |
| Guide | To show or lead the way to; to manage the affairs of; to influence the conduct or opinions of |
| Gather | To collect; to accumulate and place in order |
| Hire | To employ |
| Identify | To ascertain the origin, nature, or definitive characteristics of |
| Implement | Carry out; execute a plan or program |
| Improve | Make something better, enhance the value or quality of |
| Initiate | Start or introduce |
| Inspect | Critically examine for suitability; carries with it the authority to accept or reject |
| Instruct | To teach, to coach; to impart or communicate knowledge |
| Insure | To make certain by taking necessary measures & precautions |
| Interpret | To conceive the significance of something; to explain something to others |
| Interview | To obtain facts or opinions through inquiry or examination of various sources |
| Investigate | Study through close examination and systematic inquiry |
| Issue | Put forth or distribute officially |
| Lead | To guide or direct on a course or in the direction of; to channel; to direct the operations of |
| Maintain | Keep in an existing state; uphold |
| Manage | Exercise administrative, executive and supervisory direction |
| Mediate | To oversee an attempt to solve a dispute by working with both sides to help them reach an agreement |
| Mentor | To provide advice and support to, and watch over and foster the progress of a less experienced person |
| Modify | To make changes to |
| Monitor | Watch, observe, or check for a specific purpose; keep track of |
| Negotiate | Confer with others for the purpose of reaching agreement |
| Notify | To make known |
| Operate | Perform an activity or function |
| Organize | To set up an administrative structure; to arrange or form |
| Outline | To make a summary of significant features |
| Oversee | To supervise, to watch or survey |
| Participate | To take part in |
| Perform | Fulfill or carry out an action or function |
| Plan | Devise or project the realization of a course of action |
| Prepare | To make ready for some purpose, use or activity |
| Present To introduce; to bestow; to offer to view | |
| Prioritize | To order or rank things according to their importance or urgency |
| Proceed | Begin to carry out an action |
| Process | Handle in accordance with prescribed procedures |
| Promote | Encourage growth and development; further something by arranging or introducing it |
| Proofread | To read a text in order to identify errors and make corrections |
| Produce | To give shape or form to, to make or yield something |
| Project | To estimate something by extrapolating data |
| Propose | Declare a plan or intention |
| Provide | Supply what is needed; furnish |
| Purchase | To buy something using money or its equivalent |
| Pursue | Employ measures to obtain or accomplish |
| Recognize | To perceive clearly; to acknowledge with a show of appreciation |
| Recommend | Advise or counsel a course of action; offer or suggest for adoption |
| Recruit | To seek out others to become new members, students or personnel |
| Refer | To send or direct for aid, treatment, information, or decision |
| Register | To enter in a record; to enroll formally or officially |
| Regulate | To bring to order or method of |
| Report | Give an account of; furnish information or data |
| Represent | Act in the place of or for |
| Research | Inquire into a specific matter from several sources |
| Resolve | To find a solution |
| Respond | To reply or to react to |
| Review | Go over or examine critically; examine or re-examine |
| Revise | Rework in order to correct or improve |
| Schedule | Plan a timetable |
| Screen | To examine and separate nature of importance; to filter |
| Secure | Keep free from risk of loss |
| Select | Choose the best suited |
| Serve | To be of assistance to or promote the interests of; to act in a particular capacity |
| Sign | Formally approve a document by affixing a signature |
| Solve | To find a solution for |
| Specify | State precisely in detail or name explicitly |
| Standardize | To bring into conformity to something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or criterion |
| Submit | Yield or present for the discretion or judgment of others |
| Summarize | Succinctly present an abstract of the main points either orally or in writing |
| Supervise | Personally oversee, direct or guide the work of others with responsibility for meeting standards |
| Support | To promote the interests or cause of |
| Survey | To examine as to condition, situation, or value |
| Track | To observe and monitor the course |
| Train | Teach or guide others in order to bring up to a predetermined standard |
| Transcribe | Transfer data from one form of record to another without changing the nature of the data |
| Update | To bring current |
| Utilize | To make use of |
| Verify | Confirm or establish authenticity; substantiate |
| Write | To author, to draft |
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What Is a Conjugated Verb?
Defining a Conjugated Verb Conjugated verbs are verbs which have been changed to communicate one or more of the following: person, number, gender, tense, aspect, mood, or voice. What is verb conjugation? Learning how to conjugate verbs is essential for learning a language. Conjugation is the creation of derived forms of a verb from its principal parts by inflection (regular alteration according to rules of grammar). Conjugation may be affected by person, number, gender, tense, aspect, mood, voice, or other grammatical categories. Conjugated forms of a verb are called finite forms. In many languages there are also one or more forms that remain unchanged with all or most grammatical categories: the non-finite forms, such as the infinitive or the gerund. A table giving all the conjugated variants of a verb in a given language is called a conjugation table or a verb paradigm. Over 76 000 verbs are automatically conjugated (of which 3 230 irregular verbs!): English verb conjugation rules There are 3 categories of verbs: Regular verbs Irregular verbs Modal verbs Here are further guidelines. Verb Here are further guidelines. Verbs An action verb is a word that expresses doing something. These are words that, for the most part, end with ing and ed. |
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What is an irregular verb? What are irregular verbs? |
Action Verb Examples
Action Verbs
Organizational Action Verbs
Technical Action Verbs
Leadership Verbs
Teamwork Action Words
Analytical/Critical Thinking Action Verbs
Creative Thinking Verbs
Communication Action Words
Initiative Action Verbs
Adaptability Verbs
Miscellaneous Action Words
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Action Verbs Quiz
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What is the action verb in this sentence? The mermaid swam away. Mermaid Swam Away The Correct:Swam What is the action Verb in this sentence? Jerry hit a home run. Jerry Hit Run Home Correct:Hit What is the action verb in this sentence? She pushed the yellow button. Button Yellow Pushed She Correct:Hit What is the action verb in this sentence? The wind blew the leaves. Blew Leaves Wind The Correct:Blew What is the action verb in this sentence? Our school won. Our School Won Correct:Won |