Verbs

In grammar a verb is any word by which we can make a statement, ask a question, or give an instruction or command about some person or thing. The word verb is derived from the Latin verbum, 'word,' and, therefore, representing the principal word in the sentence.

There are several ways to thing of verbs in manner in which they operate.

1) Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.
As the name suggests, transitive verbs passes their action onto some other object other than the subject (the object doing the action), e.g., "He - takes - all the apples."

The action of intransitive verbs, on the other hand, affects no one else other than the subject, e.g., "The sun - shines. (Though we can say "the sun shines on the earth," the qualification 'on the earth' is not necessary to complete the sense of the sentence "the sun shines.")

2) Finite and Infinite Verbs.
Finite verbs are those that show tense or mood, aspect, and voice, e.g., "she screams out loud" or "he ran like a a hare." Infinite verbs do not take any of these; they rather express actions in general without reference to a particular person or object, e.g., " to err is human" (but never "to errs is human") or "they wanted to go home" (and never "they wanted to went home").