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Verb ~ used to express action or a state of being. Three Classifications of verbs: 1. Helping or main 2. Action or linking 3. Transitive or intransitive A helping verb helps the main verb express action or a state of being. Together, a main verb and at least one helping verb (also called an auxiliary verb) make up a verb phrase. Commonly Used Helping Verbs • Forms of Be: » am are be been being is was were Forms of Do: do does • Forms of Have: had has did have • Other Helping: can might should • could must will • may shall would An action verb is a verb that either expresses physical or mental activity. Physical ~ laugh, paint, leap, sneeze Mental ~ understand, wish, trust, dream A linking verb connects the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject. The noun, pronoun, or adjective that is connected to the subject by a linking verb completes the meaning of the verb. Commonly Used Linking Verbs • Forms of Be am be being • are been is was were • Other Verbs appear grow seem stay • become look smell taste • feel remain turn Note…… The forms of the verb be are not always used as helping verbs or linking verbs. When followed by a word or word groups that tells when or where, a form of be is a state of being verb. Transitive verb is a verb that expresses an action directed toward a person, place thing, or idea. Example: Joel held the baby. The action of held is directed toward baby. Note…. With transitive verbs, the action passes from the doer – the subject- to the receiver of the action. Words that receive the action of transitive verbs are called objects. Intransitive verb expresses action (or tells something about the subject) without the action passing to a receiver, or object. Example: The Evans twins played quietly indoors the whole day. A verb may be transitive in one sentence and intransitive in another. Janet swam ten laps. [transitive] Janet swam well. [intransitive] Note… Because linking verbs do not have objects, they are classified as intransitive verbs.