verb

im sure "is" isnt a verb

a verb is a doing word...and you dont do "is"

take - as in to take is a doing word and therefore a verb.

The word "is" most certainly is a verb. Is, are, were, etc...are all forms of "to be". Being is an action.

edit -- you can read about different kinds of verbs here

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm

Re: verb


As to why there are two verbs, I can only say because whoever wrote the sentence put them there; there's nothing technically "wrong" with putting two verbs in a sentence (I just used five). Still, it's worded poorly: "Most of us take reading for granted" is the stronger way to phrase it.

OMG! i cant believe i made such a horrendous error!

am glad i made the mistake cos now i know better thanks!

Had you been "clearheaded girl" it would have been more horrendous.

no....this is appalingly horrendous......

i have been accepted at cambridge to do a degree in english literature and education!!!!!

thank goodness i dont have to do any stuff to do with verbs etc in my exams!!!


*cringes*

it is not a simple sentence
A simple sentence consists of a subject, a verb, an object and adverbials. It is also called a clause.
A complex sentence is made up of several of these simple sentences or clauses and can therefore contain several verbs.
Your sentence: can be better understood as
"THAT most of us take for granted" is called a relative clause and it relates to the "something" of the main clause.
We can also write your complex sentence as two simple sentences:
1. Reading is something.
2. Most of us take it for granted.

Well put, inyen.