Action, linking, and helping verbs

Front

A word that expresses an action or state of being

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Verb

Front

Action directed at a person or thing.

Back

Transitive Verb

Front

Action not directed to a person or thing.

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Intransitive Verb

Front

Verb combined with a main verb to form a phrase

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Helping Verb

Front

Main verb + helping verbs

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Verb Phrase

Front

Links the subject with another word that renames or describes it.

Back

Linking verb

Front

What action is a subject performing?

Back

Action Verb

Front

Linking verb in 'Jessica is captain.'

Back

is

Front

In the sentence 'Jessica is captain', what is 'captain'?

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predicate nominative

Front

Subject of 'The giraffe is the world's tallest animal.'

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giraffe