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verbs6
present, past, future tense, etc....
Question | Answer |
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action verb | names an action. It may contain more than one word. |
direct object | receivese the action of a verb. It answers the question whom? or what? after an action verb. |
indirect object | answers the question to whom? or for whom? the action was done. |
transitive | has a direct object. |
intransitive | does not have a direct object. |
linking verb | connects the subject of a sentense with a noun or adjective in the predicate. |
predicate noun | is a noun that follows a linking verb and tells what the subject is like. |
predicate adjective | is an adjective that follows a linking verb and tells what the subject is like. |
present tense | of a verb names an action that happens regularly. It can also express a general truth. |
past tense | of a verb names an action that already happened. |
future tense | of a verb names an action that will take place in the future |
helping verb | is a verb that helps the main verb tell about an action or make a statement. |
verb phrase | consists of one or more helping verbx followed by a main verb. |
present progressive form | of a verb tells about an action that is continuing for some time in the past. |
past progressive form | of a verb names an action that continued for some time in the past. |
present perfect tense | of a verb tells about an action that is continuing right now. |
past perfect tense | of a verb names an action that happened before another action or event in the past. |