Principal Parts, Tense, Action vs. Linking

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• Principal Parts, Tense, Action vs. Linking

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• Past
• cross
• crossed

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• Present participle
• visit
• (is) visiting

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• Past participle
• discover
• (has) discovered

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• Past participle
• repair
• (has) repaired

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• Present participle
• operate
• (is) operating

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• Past
• bake
• baked

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• Past participle
• jump
• (has) jumped

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• Present participle
• use
• (is) using

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• bury (present perfect)
• has or have buried

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• dance (future)
• will dance

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• worry (past perfect)
• had worried

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• hop (future perfect)
• will have hopped

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What is the verb or verb phrase? Is it action or
linking?

• The students seemed sick and tired of verbs.
• seemed-linking

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• Everyone was anxious for the dance.
• was-linking

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• She had grown beautiful orchids.
• had grown-action

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• We are never bored during lunch.
• are-linking

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• She could not smell the spaghetti sauce.
• could smell-action

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• Everyone looked exhausted after running the mile.
• looked-linking