TYPES OF VERBS

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 TYPES OF VERBS

1. Action verbs
•tell what action is occurring
•can show physical or mental action
•answer the question: “What is the subject doing?”
Examples:

•Susan ran the mile in gym.

•Susan knew she got her best time ever
2. Helping verbs
•have no meaning by themselves.
•work with a main verb to help you understand what action is
taking place.
• This is called a verb phrase.
•There could be up to three helping verbs in a sentence.
example:
1. Susan will run the mile in gym
2. Susan must have been thinking she got her best time ever
Kind of helping verbs
3. Linking verbs…
• do not show an action or do anything like “throw” or “send” or
“fix;” they show a RELATIONSHIP.
• tell something about the SUBJECT. Linking verbs LINK the
SUBJECT of the sentence with a NOUN or an ADJECTIVE in the
predicate.
Example:

We are student
 Types of linking verbs
To be” linking verbs Sensory linking verbs:
• is • look
•
• am
•
smell
sound
• are • taste
• was • feel

• were • appear
•
• be
•
become
seem
• being • grow
• been • remain
• stay