Chapter One
Verbs 101: The Lowdown on Verbs

In This Chapter
* Looking at and classifying verbs
* Identifying transitive and intransitive verbs
* Considering mood
* Recognizing the tenses
* Eyeing pronouns

Whether you're speaking English, German, Spanish, or French (just to mention a few languages), a verb is an important word that indicates an action (for example, Je parle means I am speaking, I speak, and I do speak) or a state of being (for example, Je suis optimiste means I am optimistic). The verb is an essential component in a sentence because the sentence is incomplete without it. Verbs are the only words that change their forms in order to indicate the present, the future, and the past. A verb can also have several complements or provide further information. It can be followed ... read full excerpt from French Verbs For Dummies ebook