Generally, it is the 'action' in a sentence.
For instance, in your question, 'find' is the action that is performed so it is a verb.
However, sometimes there are multiple actions in a sentence and subsequently more verbs.
There also linking verbs. These are verbs that link a subject to more information about a subject (sometimes an adjective).
Example: You are tall. Are is a linking verb that connects the subject (you) to more information (that you're tall).
The subject is often near the start of a sentence: it is the thing or person that the sentence is about, and for an action verb, it is the thing or person performing the action. The verb is the action or state described in the sentence: what the subject does or is.
Love is a word that can be used either as a noun or a verb depending on its function in a sentence. If you look it up in the dictionary, you will find definitions for both functions. Therefore, yes, it is a verb when it is not in a sentence. It is also a noun when it is not in a sentence. It can be put in either category.
You look for the subject and then the verb or predicate.
In the sentence, "Did you find your wallet?", "you" is both the simple and total subject.
Were is the verb in that sentence.
The subject is often near the start of a sentence: it is the thing or person that the sentence is about, and for an action verb, it is the thing or person performing the action. The verb is the action or state described in the sentence: what the subject does or is.
To find the subject of a sentence, identify who or what the sentence is about. The subject is typically a noun or pronoun that performs the action of the sentence. Look for the main verb in the sentence, and ask who or what is doing that action. That will be your subject.
A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb in a sentence. To find the direct object, you can ask the question "verb + what?" or "verb + whom?" to identify what or whom is being acted upon in the sentence.
While the verb can be anywhere in a Latin sentence, as often as not it's found at the very end.
Find the verb and then find the noun which is activating the verb. Simplest form: 'The dog bites the man' . . here the verb is 'bites' and the noun activating the verb is 'dog', in other words the dog is doing the biting, and the dog is placed before the verb. In English word order is usually the major factor that determines the grammar, and the subject is normally before the verb, as it is in the example. So a useful method is to find the verb and then look at the nouns before the verb.
"Spend" is the action verb. Time is the direct object. You are doing what to the time? You are spending it. This makes "spend" the verb. :)
The verb in the sentence "How are they different" is "are."
You look for the subject and then the verb or predicate.
Love is a word that can be used either as a noun or a verb depending on its function in a sentence. If you look it up in the dictionary, you will find definitions for both functions. Therefore, yes, it is a verb when it is not in a sentence. It is also a noun when it is not in a sentence. It can be put in either category.
In the sentence "He set out to find the thief" there are two verbs, set and find.
Is is the verb in your sentence.
SUBJECT: You VERB (PREDICATE): change This is correct!!