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Playing is the verb .In this sentence, "children" is the noun. And "playing" is the word which describes their action. A verb describes the action of a noun in general. And as the word "playing" describes the action of the noun, "children", it is the verb in this sentence.
"Spend" can be a verb (action word) or a noun (money spent).
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Yes, the verb play is a word for the act of playing.The word play is also a noun.
action verb is also called a 'doing verb' and they describe what someone, say 'bob', is doing.ex. Bob is playing with his friends.playing is describing what bob is doing, so it is an action verb
It is an action verb.
Yes, "were playing" is a verb phrase that combines the past tense of the auxiliary verb "to be" (were) with the present participle of the verb "to play" (playing). It indicates an action that was happening in the past.
No, it's a state/stative verbas it describes the state of Susan. An action verb descrive, as the name suggests, an action, like playing, eating etc.
The past tense form of "spent" with a helping verb is "had spent."
No, spent is an action verb, the past tense of the verb 'to spend'.The easy way to recognize a linking verb is that a linking verb acts as an equals sign, the object of the verb is a different form of the subject:Mary is my sister. (Mary=sister)Or the subject becomes the object:My feet got wet. (feet->wet).
No. a verb implies an action - a "doing" word, for example: I'm playing a game.Necessarily cannot be used in this context, thus is not a verb.
"was playing" is a verb phrase. It's the past progressive tense of play.