Predicates!

Define "predicate."

• The main verb of a sentence; what the subject does.
• The part of a sentence that tells what it is about.
• The part of a sentence that makes a complete thought.
• It comes before the dictate.

Define "sentence."

• A subject and a predicate that makes a complete thought. 
• A group of words with a subject an a verb.
• Starts with a capital letter.
• Ends with a period.

This type of verb is not an action verb. It joins a subject to a noun or an adjective.

• Helping verb
• Transitive verb
• Intransitive verb
• Linking verb

This type of action verb transfers the action to a direct object.

• Transitive
• Intransitive
• Helping
• Linking

Which of the following is NOT a helping verb?

• Should
• Will
• Make
• Might

Verbs ending in -ing that act as nouns are called

• participles
• gerunds
• helping
• transitive

Verbs ending in -ing that are used as adjectives are called

• predicates
• gerunds
• participles
• linking

These are the base forms of verbs written as "to _____." 

• transitive
• action
• gerunds
• infinitives

All of the following can be used as the predicate of a sentence EXCEPT

• Action Verbs
• Helping Verbs + Main Verbs
• Participles
• Linking Verbs

Transitive verbs transfer/do the action to the

• subject
• predicate
• direct object
• infinitive