Types of Verbs

Parts of Speech Review

 Types of Verbs

 A verb is a word that shows action

or links a subject to another word
in a sentence.
 There are 3 types of verbs:
 Action
 Linking
 Helping
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 Action Verb - tells what the subject

is doing
 ran
 hide
 walk
 swim
 told
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 Linking Verb – connects or links a
subject to a noun or an adjective in
the predicate
 Common linking verbs:
 is are was were
being been am
subject noun
 Mark is a football player.
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 Verbs such as smell, look, taste, feel,

remain, turn, appear, become, sound,
seem, grow, stay can also be linking
verbs.
 How do you know if it is linking or
action? You need to ask yourself if the
verb is linking the subject to a noun or
adjective in the predicate.
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 Helping Verb – helps the main verb

express tense and voice – Helping verbs
need an action verb with them.

action

 Susie will go to the store.

helping
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 Common helping verbs:

 shall will should
would could must
might can may have
had has do did is
are was were
am being been
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 How do you know if it is a helping verb

or a linking verb?
 If there is an action verb in the clause
also, it is a helping verb. If you do not
see any other kind of verb, it is a linking
verb.
 Verb Tense

 Verbs are either past, present or

future tense. In writing, you
should always use the same tense
for your verbs within your
paragraph or essay.
 What is the verb tense for
each sentence?
 Michael had played the piano for an hour.
 past tense
 Cheryl will walk home after school.
 future tense
 Susie is a cheerleader.
 present tense
 Subject – Verb Agreement

 The subject and verb in a clause should always

agree in number.
 Joey walks. (singular subject/singular verb)
 Joey and Maggie walk. (plural subject/plural verb)
 She runs. (singular subject/singular verb)
 They run. (plural subject/plural verb)