Select the words in the following sentences that tell or assert
something of the thing spoken of:—
1. Boys play.
2. The sun shines.
3. The snow melts.
4. Mountains are high.
A word that is used to make an assertion is called a =verb=.
_Note._—The word _verb_ is derived from the Latin word
_verbum_, meaning a word, and this part of speech is so called
because it is _the_ word, the most important word in every
sentence. There can be no sentence without a verb.