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Verbs: The Engine of Every Sentence

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What's Missing?

What's Missing?

Read these two sentences and spot the difference: 1. 'The explorer the ancient map.' 2. 'The explorer found the ancient map.' Something essential is missing from the first sentence. Without it, nothing happens — there is no action, no state, no meaning. That missing word is a verb. Almost every sentence in every language needs one. Why do you think verbs are sometimes called 'doing words'? Can you think of a sentence that has no verb? Try it — it is harder than you think.

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