Action verbs, helping verbs and linking verbs

Linking verbs

• show action

• help the action verb

• link the subject to a predicate adjective or predicate noun

Helping verbs

• show action

• link the subject to a predicate adjective or a predicate noun

• help the action verb

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

The bird ate the worm

• linking verb

• helping verb

• action verb

My mom looks beautiful.

• linking verb

• helping verb

• action verb

The strong winds blew down the old tree.

• linking verb

• action verb

• helping verb

Aisyah is cooking in the kitchen.

• linking verb

• action verb

• helping verb

These books help students.

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

Aaron is an avid reader.

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

He might have fallen.

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1D

Jessica's friends were very polite.

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb