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NOUNS AND VERBS
NOUNS
Common Nouns: A common noun is a general,
universal, basic, person, place, thing or idea.
 Example:

alarm clock, homework, dough, (thing) hospital,
 lake, school (place)
 kids, boy, girl (person)

NOUNS
Proper Nouns: A proper noun is a very specific
person, place, thing or idea. They are
capitalized!
 Example:

 Mustang,
Crest Toothpaste (thing)
 Lake Michigan, JFK Middle School (place)
 Catalina, Tom Brady (person)
VERBS
Active Verbs: An active verb is a word that
shows action and puts an object (a noun) into
motion in a sentence.
 Example:

 The
boy leapt out of bed.
 The cow jumped over the moon.
 Harry Potter dodged the lightning fast curse just in
time and fired a Disarming Charm back in
retaliation.
HELPING (AUXILIARY VERBS)
Helping Verbs: A helping verb is a word that
aids or assists an active or main verb in the
sentence.
 Mrs. Paton might assign homework tonight.
 I should do my homework tonight.
 I will do my homework tonight.
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THE 23 HELPING VERBS ARE…
 am,
are, is, was, were, be, being,
been
 have, has, had
 shall, will, can
 do, does, did
 may, must, might
 could, would, should
LINKING VERBS
A linking verb is a word that connects the
subject (beginning of a sentence) to the
predicate (end of the sentence).
 Examples:

 The
boy is joyful.
 The story was superior.
 The sun looked bright.
LINKING VERBS
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Verbs that sometimes are used as
linking verbs
[list may not be complete]
feel
taste
look
smell
appear
grow
remain
stay
turn
seem
sound
become
prove

Forms of to be are sometimes used as linking
verbs
is
am
are
was
were
be
being
been