verb Flashcards
verb
A word or group of words that expresses time while showing an action, a condition, or the fact that something exists
action verb
tells what action someone or something is performing.
linking verb
verb that connects its subject with a noun, pronoun, or adjective that identifies or describes the subject.
conditional linking verb
appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, turn
transitive verb
A transitive verb directs action toward someone or something named in the sentence
intransitive verb
An intransitive verb does not direct action toward anyone or anything named in the same sentence.
verb phrase
A verb phrase consists of a main verb and one or more helping verbs.
interpreted verb phrase
separation of main verb and helping verb with interrupter
helping verb
am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been, do, does, did, has, have, had, may, might, must, can, could, shall, would, will, would
test for transitive or intransitive
was something ___
test for linking or action
can the word subtitle with is or are and make sense?