Verbs (Action, Being and Possession)

A verb is a doing word. It shows the action

Examples :

• I play cricket. (action)
• I am a student. (being)
• I have a newspaper. (possession)

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• Action verbs show 'doings'. These are go, sing, play, buy, read, write, dance, learn, etc.
• Being verbs denote 'existence'. 'Be' verb - is, am, are, was, were.
• Possession verbs express 'belong to'. 'Have' verb - have, has and had.

Am is used with I. is is used with he, she, it and singular common and proper nouns. Are is used with you, they, we and plural common and proper nouns.

Using have, has, had

I	have	an apple
You
We
They
He	has
She

We use have, has and had when we want to say what a person, an animal or a thing possesses.

Now read thses pairs of sentences :

I have a cold.	I had a cold last week.
She has a cold.	She had a cold last week.
We have a test.	We had a test last week.
They have a test.	They had a test last week.

Had is the past tense of has and have.

Use of was and were

Read these with was and were

• I was tired.
• You were tired.
• We were happy.
• He was running a race.
• They were having lunch.

We use was for collective nouns also.

Use of was with collective nouns :

• The team was happy.
• The bouquet of flowers was very beautiful.