Yes
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.
A verb is a part of speech to show an action of a noun.
playing
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.
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.
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.
The past tense form of "spent" with a helping verb is "had spent."
"was playing" is a verb phrase. It's the past progressive tense of play.
'Spent' is the past-participle, past-tense of the verb to 'spend'.'Spend' is the action of using something (usually currency) in order to trade for something else (a good or service).The past-participle of the verb also functions as an adjective.