WHAT? For example: Look at that beautiful fish! In this sentence FISH is a NOUN. VERBS are words that show us ACTION. Verbs show what we do. For example: Jack fishes every day. Some words can be nouns and verbs. For example: play We play games everyday. (Play is a verb) It was a great play. (Play is a noun.) It rains a lot in autumn. It is a heavy rain. Flowers are beautiful plants.