Chapter 15: Verbs
Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
Different Kinds of Verbs
Action Verbs
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Transitive Verbs:
Directs the action to a
receiver of the action
Example: The captain
rang the bell. (what
“rang” – the bell)
The receiver of the
action is a noun or
pronoun
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Intransitive Verbs:
Expresses action about
the subject of the
sentence but does not
direct the action towards
another noun/pronoun.
Example: The captain
rang for dinner.
There is no receiver of
the action.
Mental and Visible Action
Verbs
 Visible Action
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Sail
Rip
Bring
Traveled
Swim
Migrates
Smile
Cried
Laughed
 Mental Action
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Think
Remember
Understand
Expect
Consider
Decide
Hope
Forget
Want
Linking Verb
• Connects a noun or pronoun with a word which describes or
renames that noun or pronoun
• Example:
The Sahara is a desert.
The desert feels sweltering.
List of Linking Verbs:
is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been,
appears, becomes, feels, grows, looks,
remains, seems, smells, sounds, stays,
tastes, turns
Helping Verbs
 A verb or verbs added
to the main verb to
form a verb phrase
 May be separated by
another word such as
not, never, hardly,
seldom….
Helping Verbs
is, am, are, was,
were, be, being, been
can, could
do, does, did
has, have, had
may, might, must
shall, should
will, would