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Verb Notes
Linking Verb
A linking verb connects a sentence’s
subject with a noun or an adjective in
the predicate.
Common linking verbs: appear, be, been, being,
become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell,
sound, taste, am, is, are, was, & were.
Example: linking verb
Black Beauty is a
novel by Anna Sewell.
The linking verb is “is”.
• “is” links Black Beauty and
novel
Example: linking verb
Black Beauty is gentle.
• “is” links Black Beauty
with gentle
Action Verb
An action verb is a word that describes
what someone or something does. An
action verb names an action.
Example: attract, reach, jump, hop, think,
roam, falls
Direct Object
A direct object receives the action
from the verb. It answers the question
what? or whom? after an action verb.
Not every sentence has a direct
object.
Example: action verb & direct
object
The equator
divides Africa in
two.
Example: action verb & direct
object
Streams
and
wells create
oases in the
desert.
Example: action verb & direct
object
Not
even cars
cross the sand
dunes.
Example: action verb & NO direct
object
In
the eastern
Sahara, the sun
shines for
thousands of
hours every year.
Example: action verb & NO direct
object
In
flat regions
the Nile River
flows slowly.
Indirect Object
An indirect object comes after the
action verb and before the direct
object. An indirect object answers the
question to whom? or for whom?
Example: action verb with indirect
object & direct object
Jim built his
granddaughter a
sandcastle on the beach.
Indirect object
– for whom
Direct object what
Example: action verb with indirect
object & direct object
We told Mom a lie about
the broken lamp.
Direct object what
Indirect object
– for whom
Example: action verb with indirect
object & direct object
Tomas paid the mechanic
200 dollars to fix the
squeaky brakes.
Indirect object
– for whom
Direct object what
• Transitive Verb
– An action verb that is followed by a direct
object.
What
– The polar bears /eat fish.
• Intransitive Verb
– An action verb that is not followed by a
direct object.
How
– The polar bears /eat slowly.
Helping Verb
A helping verb is a verb that helps the
main verb express an action or make a
statement.
Examples: am, is, are, was, were, have,
has, had, and will.
"The Helping Verbs Song"
Example: helping verb
Shyla can ride her bike
to school.
Example: helping verb
Samuel has broken the
remote control again.
Example: helping verb
Mrs. Smith is bringing
a chocolate cake to the
party.