In the sentence, "This book of jokes is very funny," the verb is "is."
In the sentence "Shawn tells long crazy jokes" the verb "tells" is an action verb.
In the sentence "Shawn tells long crazy jokes" the verb "tells" is an action verb.
"Joke" can be a noun meaning "trick played on someone", "story with a funny punchline", or "something that is ridiculous in its inadequacy". "Joke" can also be a verb meaning "talk humorously" or "make jokes".
No, "funny name" is not a compound verb. A compound verb is formed by combining multiple verbs together to create a new meaning, such as "carry out" or "break up". In "funny name", "funny" is an adjective describing the noun "name".
"Is making a funny noise" is the verb phrase in the given sentence.
Jokes is a noun as long as you use it as the plural form of joke. (e.g. She told too many jokes.) If it is used as in the sentence, She jokes too much, it is a verb. Hope I don't sound like a textbook too much. :)
Joke can be a noun and a verb. Noun: An amusing story. verb: To do or say something for amusement.
"is making a funny noise"
The verb in the sentence is "wears."
Transitive and also an Action Verb
Is making is the verb. It shows what the air conditioner (subject) is doing.
Intransitive