Action Verbs Linking Verbs Helping Verbs Chapter 15: Verbs Action Verbs Linking Verbs Helping Verbs

Different Kinds of Verbs

Action Verbs Transitive Verbs: Directs the action to a receiver of the action Example: The captain rang the bell. (what “rang” – the bell) The receiver of the action is a noun or pronoun Intransitive Verbs: Expresses action about the subject of the sentence but does not direct the action towards another noun/pronoun. Example: The captain rang for dinner. There is no receiver of the action.

Mental and Visible Action Verbs Sail Rip Bring Traveled Swim Migrates Smile Cried Laughed Mental Action Think Remember Understand Expect Consider Decide Hope Forget Want

Linking Verb List of Linking Verbs: Connects a noun or pronoun with a word which describes or renames that noun or pronoun Example: The Sahara is a desert. The desert feels sweltering. List of Linking Verbs: is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been, appears, becomes, feels, grows, looks, remains, seems, smells, sounds, stays, tastes, turns

Helping Verbs A verb or verbs added to the main verb to form a verb phrase May be separated by another word such as not, never, hardly, seldom….

Helping Verbs is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been can, could do, does, did has, have, had may, might, must shall, should will, would