Verb
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The verb is the most important part of the sentence. A verb or compound verb asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being. The verb or compound verb is the critical element of the predicate of a sentence. In each of the following sentences, the verb or compound verb is italicized:
"Jesus died on the cross for your sins."
The verb "died" describes the action Jesus took.
"God gave us memories that we might have roses in December."
Forms of "to be", such as "is", "are", etc. are also verbs.
Many languages inflect verbs to indicate such categories as person, number, tense, aspect, mood, and voice. In those languages, the set of all forms of a verb is called its conjugation.