VERBS

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VERBS
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VERB

• A word that expresses an action or state of being.

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Types of Verbs

• Action
• Transitive and Intransitive
• Linking
• Helping

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Action Verbs

• Action verbs express physical or mental action.
• Examples
• run, jump, think

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Transitive Verbs

• An action verb that expresses a direct action
  toward a person, place or thing.
• Example
• Laila entertained the child.

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Action Verbs and Direct Objects

• A direct object is a noun or pronoun that follows
  an action verb. The direct object receives the
  action.
• Example
• Laila entertained the child.
• In this sentence child is the direct object
  because it receives the action.

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Intransitive Verbs

• A verb that does not pass on action to a receiver
  or an object. It simply expresses an action or
  tells something about the subject.
• Example
• Katrina studies hard.

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Linking Verbs

• Express a state of being and connects the subject
  of a sentence with a word in the predicate.
• Examples
• is, am, are, was, may, be, has, appear, seem

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Helping Verbs

• Helps the main verb express an action or state of
  being.
• Examples
• can speak will learn
• Helping verb Main verb Verb Phrase