Verbs

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Verbs

• Action verbs tells what ACTION someone is
  performing.
• Visible verbs (can be seen)
• run, swim, smile, jump, chew
• Mental (cannot be seen)
• think, remember, daydream,expect, forgot

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Helping Verb

• Helping verbs are ADDED before a main verb
• put
• had put
• have put
• will have put
• might have put
• should have been put

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Helping Verbs

• Here are a list of common helping verbs
• do is
• has was
• would am
• can were
• may could
• must have did
• Should have

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Linking Verb

• Linking verbs CONNECT a noun/pronoun with a word
  that describes it or identifies it
• The most common LINKING VERB is BE
• Examples of linking verbs
• is, am, are, was, were
• am being, are being, is being, was being, were
  being
• can be, could be, may be, have been, has been,
  had been

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Other Linking Verbs

• appear, remain, sound, seem
• become, taste, smell
• look, grow, turn, determine

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Examples of Linking Verbs

• Ms. Bailey is a teacher.
• The schools are in Cobb County.
• Joshua was sick on Monday.
• She is being mean to the students.
• The students had been proud to be selected.