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The Verb:
"A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being. "

According to the definition, there are Three main categories or types of Verbs:

Action Verbs: 

I love Honey. I turned the table. (Action Verbs)

Linking Verbs:

I am a teacher. I turned the table. (Linking Verbs)

Helping Verbs:

I have been playing cards. (Helping Verbs)

Helping verbs are always 'Helping' either an Action Verb or a Linking Verb.

Examples:
I will play the piano. (helping verb and action verb)
I will be a teacher. (helping verb and linking verb)

Remember:
Action and Linking Verbs are called 'Main Verbs'.
Here 'Main' means that the Verb is Strong enough to be the only Verb in the sentence.

Verb Phrase:
 A Main Verb and a Helping Verb  working together are called a 'Verb Phrase'.

Examples:
I will eat fruits and ice cream.    'will eat' is Verb Phrase
I have been feeling better.          'have been feeling' is Verb Phrase

The Types of the Verb:

There are four types of the Verb.

1. Intransitive Complete Verbs:
    Cats drink. Clocks tick. Buses move. etc.

2. Transitive Active Verbs:
    Cats drink milk. Clocks make noise. Buses move back the road. etc.

3. Transitive Passive Verbs:
    John Ebrahim was kicked by Khan. The house was demolished by the storm. etc.

4. Intransitive Linking Verbs:
    I turned the page. I turned green. etc.

Regular and irregular Verbs:

A 'Regular Verb' is any verb whose conjugation follows one of the typical pattern, of the language to which it belongs.

An 'Irregular Verb' is any verb whose conjugation follows a different pattern.

Common English Irregular Verb or Forms of Verb: (Base Form, Past Simple & Past Participle)

Examples:

Do,  Eat,  Buy,  Come,  Fall                            Base or 1st form
Did,  Ate,  Bought,  Came,  Fell                    Past Simple or 2nd form
Done,  Eaten,  Bought,  Come,  Fallen      Past Participle or 3rd form

List of Verbs and its Forms & Forms