The present continuous form of an action verb indicates repeated actions "He is kicking the ball (repeatedly)". If a verb represents a state it is a stative verb. "Pain" and "love" are abstract nouns.Ī verb can represent an action "He kicks the ball." Or a state "He lives in New York". "Cat" is a physical object, so is "food". One way is to ask if the noun names a physical object or not. We can sub categorise nouns in many ways. There are also other categories, such as adjective, adverb.
"Love is good" (Love is a noun).Ī word becomes a noun or a verb when it is used in a sentence. Some words (eg love) can function both as nouns and verb but in a sentence, each word will either be functioning as a noun or a verb. All nouns are similar, for example, nouns can be the subject of a sentence: "The cat is good", "New York is good", "Pain is good".
Nearly all languages have categories of words that name things "Cat" "New York" "Pain", and a category of words that represent actions "run" "enjoy" "be".Īll verbs are similar grammatically, for example, they have a present participle: "running" "enjoying" "being".
0 kommentar(er)
