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answers question “whom/what?” action of the verb is reflected upon

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direct object

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answers question “for whom/what?”, before direct object,

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indirect object

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verb carries action onto direct object
“he built a statue”

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transitive verb

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verb does not carry the action onto a direct object
“he builds a statue in the living room”

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intransitive verb

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verb that does not reflect onto the predicate noun/adjective but rather serves as a linking of congruency as it represents a state of being and just connects either the adjective or noun to being associated or equivalent to the subject

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linking verb

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used to associated subject with linking verb with another person place thing or idea
“She smells like flowers” (linking verbs are state of being and often the 5 senses) She–> flowers
appear is a linking verb

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predicate noun

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used to associate subject and linking verb with a description/definiton
“her cousin is funny” –> cousin = funny

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predicate adjective

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“the rain ruined the game” vs “ the game was ruined by the rain”

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active vs passive

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direct object vs predicate word

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direct object- what the action was reflected upon vs making the words equal

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subject - pronoun
ex. that is hers.

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predicate pronoun

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