Linking and Action verbs/ Words

What is the Meaning of Action verbs?

• a verb that expresses something that a person, animal, object, or process in nature (such as a storm) can do rather than expressing a state of being.

• connects the subject of a sentence with a subject complement.

• words that show an action (sing), occurrence (develop), or state of being exist.

• expressing a state or condition rather than an action.

what is the action verbs in this sentence: They removed the board from the wall

• Board

• Wall

• Removed

What is Meaning of Linking verbs?

• words that show an action (sing), occurrence (develop), or state of being (exist.

• thoughts and opinions: agree, believe, doubt, guess, imagine, know, mean, recognise, remember, suspect, think, understand.

• connects the subject of a sentence to an adjective, noun, or pronoun that completes the meaning of the verb.

Sentence using linking verbs

Sentence using Action verbs

The boy​ ​ (a)   walked across the street without his mom

• Pathetically
• Mournfully
• Distressed

She cried ​ (a)   out loud.

• Mournfully
• Distressed
• Pathetically