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Verbs
helping verbs, action verbs, direct object, etc....
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Indirect object | answers the question to whom? or for what? the action was done. |
| intransitive | does not have a direct object. |
| transitive | Has a direct object. |
| direct Object | Receives the action of a verb. It answers the question whom? or What? after an action verb. |
| Action Verb | Names an action. It may contain more than one word. |
| Linking Verb | Connects the subject a sentence with a noun or adjective in the predicate. |
| Predicate Noun | A noun that follows a linking verb and tells what the subject is like. |
| Present Progressive Form | Verb tells about an action that is continuing right now. |
| Present tense | a verb names an action that happens regularly. It can also express a general truth. |
| future tense | Verb names an action taht will take place in the future. |
| predicate adjective | Is an adjective that follows a linking verb and tells what the subject is like. |
| Past Progressive Form | Verb names an action that continued for some time in the past. |
| Present Perfect Tense | Verb Tells about something that happened at an indefinite time in the past. It also tells about an action that happened in the past and is still happening now. |
| Past Perfect Tense | Verb names an action that happened before another action or event in the past. |
| Past Tense | Verb names an action that already happened. |
| Verb Phrase | Consists of one or more helping verbs followed by a main verb. |