REVIEW OF GRAMMAR TERMS

A(n) ___ shows either external or internal action.

• action verb

• adjective

• noun

• adverb

• helping verb

A(n) ___ describes a state or condition.

• state-of-being verb

• action verb

• adjective

• adverb

• predicate noun

A verb that needs another word to complete its idea is called a(n) ___.

• transitive verb

• intransitive verb

• linking verb

• modal verb

• direct object

An indirect object always comes between the transitive verb and the ___.

• direct object

• subject

• predicate

• preposition

• action verb

A(n) ___ transfers its action to a receiver.

• transitive verb

• intransitive verb

• adjective

• noun

• predicate noun

A(n) ___ tells to whom or for whom the verb’s action is done.

• indirect object

• predicate

• subject

• adverb

• direct object

A(n) ___ acts something like an equal sign because it links the subject to a word in the predicate.

• linking verb

• adjective

• adverb

• preposition

• action verb

A(n) ___ follows the linking verb and renames the subject.

• predicate noun

• adjective

• adverb

• direct object

• noun

A(n) ___ follows the linking verb and describes the subject.

• predicate adjective

• direct object

• predicate nominative

• adverb

• helping verb

A(n) ___ is also called an auxiliary because it is added on to the main verb to give special meaning or emphasis.

• helping verb

• adjective

• noun

• preposition

• linking verb