Verbs
What are the two kinds of verbs?
Action and State of Being
Name the verb and type in the sentence below:
The storm is frightening.
is, linking
What are the two kinds of state-of-being verbs?
Auxiliary Verbs and Linking Verbs
Name the verb and type in the sentence below:
The airplane was flying across the United States.
What is an auxiliary verb?
An auxiliary helps the main verb.
Name the verb and type in the sentence below:
On the second night of the festival, two guests had been fighting when the police arrived.
had been fighting, arrived (auxiliary, action)
What is a linking verb?
A linking verb links the subject to a word that renames or describes the subject.
Name the verb and type in the sentence below:
Ryan was a brave fighter in World War II, destroying both Allied and Axis soldiers.
(was, linking, destroying, action)
What is the verb?
The verb is the main word or words in the predicate?
Name the verb and type in the sentence below:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
(Was, linking)