ACtion, Linking and Helping Verbs

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All sentences require a verb.

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True

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Not a type of verb:

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Adverb

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Purpose of the substitution test?

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To see if the verb is action or linking.

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Compound verb conditions

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Two action verbs joined by a conjunction.

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An action verb expresses...

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a mental or physical action.

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A linking verb expresses...

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a state of being.

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Adverb interruptor:

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Comes between the main verb and helping verbs in a sentence.

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First step in finding verbs in a sentence:

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Find prepositional phrases and remove them.

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Main verb in a sentence cannot be a ...

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helping verb

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Main verb in a verb phrase is found as the ______.

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the last word