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LINKING VERBS:
ACTION VERBS:
A linking verb links, or joins, the subject of
a sentence (often a noun or pronoun) with a
word or expression that identifies or
describes that subject.
*Examples of linking verbs: forms of be,
look, stay, taste, remain, grow, seem,
appear, become, feel, and sound
A subject complement follows a subject
and a linking verb and identifies or
describes the subject. There are two kinds
of subject complements: predicate
nominatives and predicate adjectives.
An action verb tells what someone or
something does. Action verbs include both
mental and physical actions.
*Examples of action verbs: run, walk,
understands, lives, help, give, return
A predicate nominative is a noun or
pronoun that follows a linking verb and
points back to the subject to rename it or to
identify it further. Predicate nominatives
are usually found in sentences that contain
forms of the linking verb be.
*Example: Many actors are students.
A direct object answers the questions
what? or whom? after an action verb. Only
transitive verbs have direct objects.
*Example: Carlos served dinner.
An indirect object answers the question to
whom? for whom? to what? or for what?
after an action verb.
*Example: Carlos served his mother
dinner.
A predicate adjective follows a linking
verb. Predicate adjectives point back to the
subject and further describe it.
*Example: Students are smart.
A transitive verb is an action verb that is
followed by a word or words that answer
the question what or whom?
*Example: Cats see their prey in the dark.
An intransitive verb is an action verb that
is not followed by a word that answers the
question what or whom?
*Example: Cats see well in the dark.
An object complement answers the
question what? after a direct object. That
is, it completes the meaning of the direct
object by identifying or describing it.
*Example: Residents find the park
peaceful. Students find class interesting.