what is a main verb
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Answer:
the verb in a main clause.
the head of a verb phrase, for example eat in might have been going to eat it.
Explanation:
Examples are:-
I am driving to the beach.
I did empty the trash.
I had seen the movie before.
●Main verbs are the words which indicate the main action or the state of being of the subject in a sentence.
●A main verb can either stand alone or can be used with the help of a helping verb or auxiliary verb. Auxiliary verbs are those verbs which help complete the meaning of a sentence.
●For example:
↪Sita is reading a book.
⋙In the above sentence, reading is the main verb with is being the auxiliary verb.
⋙The main verb here has described the action of the subject here [subject : Sita] and the helping verb has helped it to indicate the tense of the action.