{"id":1027,"date":"2020-01-17T17:39:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T17:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/coreqenglish1\/chapter\/outcome-verbs\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T16:18:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:18:27","slug":"outcome-verbs","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/chapter\/outcome-verbs\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Verbs","rendered":"Introduction to Verbs"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do: analyze the use of verbs<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-1451 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/08\/03223001\/noun_23530_cc-e1470263436863.png\" alt=\"Decorative image.\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Verbs are crucial to the functioning of language.\u00a0Without verbs, language can't really\u00a0<em>do<\/em> anything; after all, verbs are action words:\u00a0<em>run<\/em>,\u00a0<em>jump<\/em>,\u00a0<em>work<\/em>,\u00a0<em>dance<\/em>. Verbs can also connect two ideas together (the dog\u00a0<em>is<\/em> beautiful) or help other verbs (you <em>can<\/em> stay).\r\n\r\nIn this section, we'll discuss these three main types\u00a0of verbs: active verbs (action words), linking verbs (connecting two ideas), and helping\u00a0verbs. 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