Verbs

Verbs Like the sun , verbs are the energy of the sentence. They are often, but not always found at the center of the sentence. A sentence cannot exist without them .

Here are three kinds of verbs you should know: Action Verbs Linking Verbs Helping verbs

Main Verbs and Helping Verbs: ,[object Object],is leaving

Besides of all forms of the verb be , the following verbs can be used as helping verbs: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Notice how the helping verbs work together with the main verbs to form complete verb phrases . ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Action Verbs vs. Linking Verbs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Linking Verbs: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Other frequently used linking verbs: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

more practice… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Subject Complements… (wouldn’t exist without linking verbs) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Transitive Verbs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Intransitive Verbs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Transitive or Intransitive? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Can you make sentences for the following patterns? What kind of verb is this? What kind of verb is this?

Verbs

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