Verbs, Verbs, Verbs!

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What is a verb?

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A verb is a word that describes an action, occurrence, or state of being.

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What are action verbs?

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Action verbs are verbs that express physical or mental actions, like 'run', 'jump', or 'think'.

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What are helping verbs?

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Helping verbs, also known as auxiliary verbs, are used with main verbs to form a verb phrase, like 'is' in 'is running'.

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What are linking verbs?

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Linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, like 'is' in 'She is happy'.

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Identify the action verb in this sentence: 'The dog barked loudly.'

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barked

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Identify the helping verb in this sentence: 'She is reading a book.'

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is

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Identify the linking verb in this sentence: 'He seems tired.'

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seems

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What is the verb in this sentence: 'They played soccer yesterday.'

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played

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What type of verb is 'am' in the sentence: 'I am happy.'?

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linking

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What type of verb is 'are' in the sentence: 'They are going to the park.'?

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helping/main