1. Verb Notes
Parts of Speech

2. Basics
A verb is a word used to express action, condition or a state of being.
The two main categories of verbs are action verbs and linking verbs.

3. Action Verbs
An action verb expresses an action. That action may be physical or mental.
Physical Action: wince, create, gallop
Mental Action: visualize, believe, know

4. Linking Verbs Judge Bianca is also a professor of law.
A linking verb connects the subject with a word or words that identify or describe the subject. It can connect the subject with a noun, the predicate nominative.
Example:
Judge Bianca is also a professor of law.
“Judge Bianca” links to “professor”

5. Linking Verbs
A linking verb can also connect the subject to a pronoun or an adjective in the predicate.
Examples:
Michelle felt ill after the barbeque
“Michelle” links to the adjective “ill”
The decision remains his, and his alone.
“decision” links to the pronoun “his”

6. Common Linking Verbs
Forms of be: am, is, are, was, were, being, be, can be, may be, might be, will be, could be, would be, must be, has been, have been, had been, shall have been, could have been, would have been, will have been
Other common linking verbs: appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, turn

7. Action vs. Linking Verb Used as an action verb Used as a linking verb
We grew pumpkins in the fall.
Used as a linking verb
The laborer grew hungry.
TIP: Is it a linking verb or an action verb? It’s a linking verb if it can be replaced by a form of the verb be and still make sense.
Example: It sounds loud. It is loud.

8. Auxiliary Verbs
Auxiliary verbs, also called helping verbs, help the main verb express action or make a statement.
Auxiliary verbs help indicate voice, mood or tense.
A verb phrase is made up of a main verb and one or more auxiliary verbs.

9. Common Auxiliary VerbsAM IS
ARE
WAS
WERE BE
BEING
BEEN
_____ DO
DOES
DID
HAS
HAVE
HAD
MAY
MIGHT
MUST
SHALL
SHOULD
CAN
COULD
WILL
WOULD

10. Auxiliary Verb Example
The officers had been planning the raid for months.
Aux. verbs Main verb