Part of Speech and Action Verbs

​A verb is a word used to show action or state of being.

​There are two main types of verbs.

1. action verb

2. linking verbs​ (also called state of being verbs)

​Action Verbs = verbs that show the action of the sentence.

1. She ran a marathon this weekend.

2. The students write amazing essays.

3. I watched my favorite movie.

​Linking Verbs = verbs that tell when and where something or someone exists

Linking verbs show a connection between the subject of the sentence and additional information

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1. My Chromebook is broken.

2. The students were cold yesterday.