Direct/Indirect Objects
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
Perfect and Progressive Verbs
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
100

You ask yourself this when you are trying to find the direct object

What?

100

The purpose of a linking verb

Links the subject to a noun, pronoun, or adjective that renames or describes the subject 

100

The purpose of a helping verb

Help the main verb by showing its tense or asking a question

100

Perfect verbs require these helping verbs. 

Has, have, had, will have

100

A verb is transitive because of this.

It is followed by a direct object that answers the questions what? or whom?

200

You ask yourself this when you are trying to find the indirect object

To whom? or For whom?

200

Is the verb in the following sentence linking or not? The Horseshoe Falls lies within Canada.

Lies - linking

200

What is the helping verb, and what is the main verb, in the following sentence? Her story has inspired young athletes around the world.

Has = helping, inspired = main

200

Progressive verbs always have this ending. 

-ing
200

A verb is intransitive because of this. 

It is not followed by a direct object. 

300

Mario reserved us a seat. The direct and indirect objects

Direct: seat and Indirect: us

300

Niagara Falls looks breathtaking.

Looks

300

What is the helping verb, and what is the main verb, in the following sentence? People in the crowd were cheering for her. 

Were = helping, cheering = main

300

"Has started" is an example of what kind of verb phrase?

Perfect

300

Is the verb in the following sentence transitive or intransitive? The timid man muttered under his breath. 

Intransitive

400

The eager student showed the teacher her latest poem. The direct and indirect objects

Direct: poem Indirect: teacher

400

Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, and been are all examples of this type of linking verb.

Being verbs

400

There are this number of helping verbs.

23

400

What form is the following sentence in? (List whether it's perfect progressive plus the tense.) Historians are discovering a new world. 

Present progressive

400

Is the verb in the following sentence transitive or intransitive? (If transitive, also list direct object.) Aaron painted his house white. 

Transitive, house

500

The young girl could not describe her feelings. Direct and indirect objects?

Just feelings (DO)

500

Being verbs are a type of linking verb. How many are there?

8

500

Helping verbs are also called this. 

Auxiliary verbs

500

What form is the following sentence in? By next year, we will have been going to school for many months.

Future perfect progressive

500

Is the verb in the following sentence transitive or intransitive? (If transitive, also list direct object.) The news of war shocked the nation and the world. 

Transitive, nation and world

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