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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.
