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Types of Verbs

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Verbs
A Verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
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Action Verbs
An action verb is a verb that describes an action.
Examples: run, jump, kick, eat, break, cry, smile, or think.
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Helping Verbs
A helping verb (also known as an auxiliary verb) is used with a main verb to help express the main verb's tense, mood, or voice.
The main helping verbs are "to be," "to have," and "to do."
They appear in the following forms: To Be: am, is, are, was, were, being, been, will be.
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Linking Verbs
Linking verbs are verbs that serve as a connection between a subject and further information about that subject.
They do not show any action; rather, they “link” the subject with the rest of the sentence.
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Multiple Choice
Is the underlined verb action or linking?
I looked out the window and saw something dark.
Action
Linking
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Multiple Choice
Is the underlined verb action or linking?
Our new neighborhood looks very dangerous.
Action
Linking
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Multiple Choice
Is the underlined verb action or linking?
This milk smells rotten.
Action
Linking
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Multiple Choice
Is the underlined verb action or linking?
The dog smelled a cat and started barking.
Action
Linking
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Multiple Choice
Is the underlined verb action, linking, or helping?
Finally, they did finish it, and it turned out great.
Action
Linking
Helping
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Multiple Choice
Is the following underlined verb action, linking, or helping?
It seemed impossible, but they worked hard.
Action
Linking
Helping
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Multiple Choice
Is the following underlined verb action, linking, or helping?
The next day, they decided to rebuild the house.
Action
Linking
Helping
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Multiple Choice
Is the following underlined verb action, linking, or helping?
Thankfully, the children were not in it at the time.
Action
Linking
Helping
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Multiple Choice
Is the underlined verb helping, action, or linking?
The kids had spent weeks building a treehouse.
Action
Linking
Helping
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Multiple Choice
Is the underlined verb helping, action, or linking?
The kids had spent weeks building a treehouse.
Action
Linking
Helping
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