- A verb shows action or being.
- An action verb is a verb or group of words that
expresses an action. - An action verb is often the key word in the predicate. It tells what the subject does.
- A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence with a word or words in the predicate.
- The most common linking verb
is be . Some forms ofbe are am, is, are, was, and were. Here are other common linking verbs: become, feel, seem, look, grow, taste, appear, and smell.
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Miss Sanchez taught me in grade 1.
(action verb)
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The name of my baby brother is Marcus.
(linking verb)
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We sat near the window and watched the snow fall.
(action verb)