Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
Perfect Tense Verbs
Simple Tense Verbs
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What is an action verb?
A verb that shows state of being or physical action.
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What is the linking verb in this sentence? Bob is sleepy.
Is.
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What is a helping verb?
A verb that helps out the main verb. Example: Bob is looking happy. "Is" is helping the main verb, looking.
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Is this sentence in perfect tense? Danny is having pie.
No.
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Is this sentence in simple tense? Bob walked to the store.
Yes.
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What is an example of an action verb?
Answer may vary. Some answers might have been: -Breathe -Eat -Sleep -Walk
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What do linking verbs do in a sentence?
Linking verbs accomplish linking the subject to another noun, pronoun, or adjective in the predicate.
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What is the helping verb in this sentence? Bob is not acting happy.
"Is" is the helping verb because it is helping the main verb, "acting".
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What is the difference between perfect tense and simple tense?
A verb in perfect tense has the word have, has, or had before the main verb. A verb in simple tense doesn't have has, had, or have or any other helping verb before the main verb.
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Transform this sentence into simple tense: I am eating pie.
I eat pie.
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Name all of the action verbs in this sentence. Bob baked a ton of pies; he then ate them later on in the day.
Baked and ate are the action verbs in the sentence.
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Name all of the linking verbs, subjects, and the nouns/pronouns/adjectives the linking verb(s) that connect to the subject in this sentence. Bob, the kid, is mentally unstable, but Joe is worse as he needs to see a psychiatrist every minute.
Linking Verbs: "is" and "is" Subjects: "Bob, the kid," and "Joe" Nouns/Pronouns/Adjectives: "mentally unstable" and "worse"
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Name 3 helping verbs.
Answers may vary. Examples include: -Is -Am -Has -Was
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What do we use perfect tense verbs for?
We use perfect tense verbs to describe things that happened at an unspecified time before now.
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What is simple tense?
Simple tense is a tense where verbs consist of only one word and have no other helping verbs to support that word.
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Give an example of a mental and physical action verb.
Answers may vary. Examples include -Eat;think -Feel;hope
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Where are most linking verbs formed from?
Most linking verbs are formed from the verb Be.
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In this sentence, name all of the helping verbs in the sentence. My penguin is soft and fluffy.
There are no helping verbs.
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If the perfect tense verb was taken out of this sentence, what tense would the sentence be in? Bob had dropped the ball.
The sentence would be in past-simple tense. "Bob dropped the ball."
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What makes a sentence a simple tense sentence?
A simple tense sentence contains a verb without any other verbs modifying that verb. Example: I walk to the store. (Walk is the only verb, and it solely is the action for the sentence.)
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What is the difference between a transitive action verb and a intransitive action verb?
Transitive verb is an action verb that expresses an action directly towards a person. Ex: I hate you. Intransitive verb expresses action without passing action to the receiver. Ex: I wait for my mommy.
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How do you know a linking verb is not an action verb?
You know a linking verb is not an action verb when you change the verb in the sentence to an equal sign. So, a linking verb is a linking verb when the "second part" of the sentence is reflective and represents the "first part" of the sentence. Example: Bob is happy. Bob=happy. In this sentence, Bob is "equal" to happy, so you know that "Is" is a linking verb.
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What does a verb phrase contain?
A verb phrase contains a main verb and at least one helping verb.
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Name all of the Perfect Tense verbs.
Has, Have, and Had are the Perfect Tense verbs.
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