1. Identifying ACTION and LINKING
Verbs
Identifying ACTION and LINKING

2. VERBS
Show ACTION or STATE OF BEING (LINKING)

3. TWO TYPES STATE OF BEING VERBS ACTION VERBS is ran feel jump was eat
are
seemed
ACTION VERBS
ran
jump
eat
drive
move

4. SENSORY VERBS Some verbs can be used as either ACTION or LINKING verbs
Most of the time, sensory verbs (look, taste, smell, sound, feel) act as linking verbs, but sometimes they act as action verbs.
Sensory: The dog looked happy. (Happy describes the dog. The happy dog would have the same meaning.)
Action: The dog looked happily at the fresh steak. (Happily describes how the dog looked at the steak.)
Sensory: The cookies taste salty. (Salty describes the cookies.)
Action: Lou tasted salt on the cookies. (Salt is a noun. It doesn’t describe Lou.)

5. TWO FUNCTIONS HELPING VERBS EXAMPLE: MAIN VERBS EXAMPLE:
The MAIN action or state of being of the sentence
EXAMPLE:
I am resting.
The dog is burying his bone.
Which are main verbs?
Which are the helping verbs?
HELPING VERBS
They support the main ACTION or LINKING verb
EXAMPLE:
I should have been walking home every night.
Should, have, and been are all helping out the main verb, walking.
Could, would, should, will, etc.