Week 20 English Notes - Action Verbs and Linking Verbs
A verb expresses action or being.
What are ACTION verbs?
An action verb is a word or group of words that expresses an action. An action
verb is often the key word in the predicate. It tells what the subject does.
An action verb is a verb that describes an action, like run, jump, kick, eat,
break, cry, smile, or think.
Here are some examples of action verbs in sentences.
Greg is kicking the ball now.
The action verb is kicking. It describes what Greg is
doing.
The wind blows constantly in Chicago.
The action verb is blows. It describes what the wind
does.
He accepted my apology.
The action verb is accepted. It describes what 'he' did.
What are LINKING verbs?
 A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence with a word or words in the
predicate.
 The most common linking verb is be. Some forms of be are am, is, are,
was, and were.
 Here are other common linking verbs: become, feel, seem, look,
grow, taste, appear, and smell.
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A linking verb is a verb that links (connects) the subject of the sentence to information
about that subject. Linking verbs do not describe action.
The following three verbs are ALWAYS linking verbs:
to be (is, am, are, was, were, has been, have been, had been, is being, are being, was being, will
have been, etc.)
to become (become, becomes, became, has become, have become, had become, will become, will
have become, etc.)
to seem (seemed, seeming, seems, has seemed, have seemed, had seemed, is seeming, are
seeming, was seeming, were seeming, will seem)