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verb – a word that expresses an action or a state of being ex) I am hungry. I ate a big lunch. verb phrase – consists of the main verb and its helping verbs ex) I will be hungry after soccer practice. I could have eaten a horse! linking verb – a verb that helps to make statement by serving as a link between two words - must be followed by a noun or pronoun that renames it or an adjective that describes it - most common ones are forms of “be” ex) I am hungry. She is the teacher. The school lunches taste funny. action verb – a verb that shows an action ex) I ate a huge meal. The boy kicked the ball. The students swam in gym class. transitive verb – expresses an action directed toward a person or thing named in the sentence ex) I ate a huge meal. The boy kicked the ball. intransitive verb – expresses action or a state of being without reference to an object ex) I ate ravenously. The boy ran around the track. Why know the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs? It’s in the dictionary! Depending on how they are used, some words can be both transitive and intransitive!
