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Verb Vocabulary
Chapter 15 Actions, Linking, and Helping Verbs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Action Verb | tells action someone or something is performing |
| Transitive Verb | action verb that directs action from the performer of the action toward the receiver of the actions |
| Intransitive Verb | expresses action or tells something about the subject but does not direct action toward another noun or pronoun |
| Direct Object | noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb |
| Linking Verb | connects a noun or pronoun with a word that identifies or describes it |
| Predicate Adjective | an adjective in the predicate that follows a linking verb and describes the subject |
| Predicate Nominative | a noun in the predicate that follows a linking verb and renames the subject |
| Helping Verb | verb added to another verb to make a verb phrase |
| Verb Phrase | a group of words consisting of a main verb (action or linking) and a helping verb(s) |
| Main Verb | final verb in a verb phrase |
| Action Verb Tip | "Can I _____?" - put the word in the blank to see if it is what type of verb? |
| Linking Verb Tip | Replace the word with "am," "is," or "are" - if the sentence makes sense what type of verb is it? |
| Adjective Questions | These questions are used to find what part of speech?: What kind? Which one? How many? |
| Adverb Questions | These questions are used to find what part of speech?: When? Where? Why? How? |
| Predicate | part of the sentence that tells about the subject |
| Subject | what or whom the sentence is about |
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