https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts-of-speech-the-verb/introduction-to-verbs/v/introduction-to-verbs-the-parts-of-speech-grammar 2023-09-19T21:32:47.781412264Z Introduction to verbs What is a verb? Verbs have a few different functions, but the main one is to express action. For example, in the sentence "the bear roars", "roars" is the verb. "Roars" is the action that the bear is doing. All sentences must contain at least one verb to be considered a complete sentence. video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/OIO1N2OaZLf1A5Y9HvOXFhi1s2onJFGr1ei6x0zGI6TAAklZhwA8MnC__j0M2ebiS0WM9-1J56OB52bOM_82hQ206w Introduction to verbs What is a verb? Verbs have a few different functions, but the main one is to express action. For example, in the sentence "the bear roars", "roars" is the verb. "Roars" is the action that the bear is doing. All sentences must contain at least one verb to be considered a complete sentence. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/0T9xMqvjdLk.mp4/0T9xMqvjdLk.mp4 86 Building knowledge https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/5th-and-6th-grade-grammar/x90cef5375e9bcad6:verbs-5/x90cef5375e9bcad6:verbs-building-knowledge-5/a/glossary-verbs-5 2026-07-08T23:40:45.874044968Z Glossary: Verbs A quick guide to this unit's key vocab article