What are how it uses verbs?

Verbs are action words that tell us what someone or something is doing, and "how it uses verbs" means we're looking at how those actions are shown in a sentence.

Imagine you're playing with your favorite toy, maybe a robot. When the robot moves, it's using verbs to show its actions. If it runs, it’s doing one kind of action; if it jumps, it’s doing another. The way we write or say these actions can change based on how the robot is acting.

When you talk about how something uses a verb, you’re looking at tense, like past, present, or future. If your robot ran earlier, that’s past tense; if it's running now, that’s present tense; and if it will run later, that’s future tense.

You can also change how the verb sounds depending on who is doing the action. For example:

• "The robot runs." (singular)
• "The robots run." (plural)

It's like when you play with your friends, if only one of you is jumping, it’s "he jumps", but if all of you are jumping, it’s "they jump". That’s how verbs change based on who or what is doing the action.