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Q1: What is the action verb in the following sentence:
Bender bended stuff all the time.
A. BenderB. BendedC. TimeD. All
Q1: What is the action verb in the following sentence:
Bender bended stuff all the time.
A. BenderB. BendedC. TimeD. AllBended is the correct answer
Q2: What is the action verb in the following sentence:The teachers killed and murdered students always.
A. TeachersB. AlwaysC. MurderedD. Killed
Q2: What is the action verb in the following sentence:The teachers killed and murdered students always.
A. TeachersB. AlwaysC. MurderedD. Killed
Murdered and Killed are both correct answers
Q3: What is the kind of the action verb in the following sentence:The old man threw a stick on the running kid.
A. TransitiveB. Intransitive
Q3: What is the kind of the action verb in the following sentence:The old man threw a stick on the running kid.
A. TransitiveB. IntransitiveTransitive is the correct answer
Q4: What is the kind of the action verb in the following sentence:Stalin killed when he was in power.
A. TransitiveB. Intransitive
Q4: What is the kind of the action verb in the following sentence:Stalin killed when he was in power.
A. TransitiveB. IntransitiveIntransitive is the correct answer
Linking Verbs
• A linking verb is a verb that connect a subject with a word that describes or identifies it.
Ex: Edison was a great inventor.
Where ‘Edison’ identifies ‘Inventor’ and ‘was’ links
Identifies
Forms of Be
• The most common linking verbs in English is Be and its forms:
There are other Linking verbs than Be
• Example: He looked shy.Where looked here is a linking verb.Linking Verbs Other Than Be:1-Appear 4-Become 7-Feel 10-Grow2-Look 5-Remain 8-Seem 11-Smell3-Sound 6-Stay 9-Taste 12-TurnNote: Most of them describe senses.
Separating Linking Verbs from Action Verbs
• Some linking verbs can also be used as action verbs:
Linking-He looked strangeAction-He looked around
So to test whether are they action or linkingwe replace the verb with: ‘is’, ‘am’, or ‘are’ and
see if it makes sense
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Q1: What is the linking verb in the sentence:Hitler was harsh but fair.
A. WasB. HarshC. HitlerD. But
Q1: What is the linking verb in the sentence:Hitler was harsh but fair.
A. WasB. HarshC. HitlerD. But
Was is the correct answer.
Q2: What is the linking verb in the sentence:This has been an experiment.
A. HasB. BeenC. AnD. None of the above
Q2: What is the linking verb in the sentence:This has been an experiment.
A. HasB. BeenC. AnD. None of the above
The linking verb is ‘has been.’
Q3: Is the verb in the statement an action or linking verb?
He grew five centimeters more than last year.
A. LinkingB. Action
Q3: Is the verb in the statement an action or linking verb?
He grew five centimeters more than last year.
A. LinkingB. ActionAction is the right answer
Q4: Convert the last statement into a statement with a linking verb using the same verb.
Helping Verbs
• A helping verb is a verb that are added before another verb to make a verb phrase, giving the main verb more meaning.
Ex: He might have cheated all the time.