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| a word that expresses action or state of being |
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| What are the two major types of verbs? |
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action and linking
Ex. He hit the ball.
He is the coach. |
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A linking verb connects the subject with some other word in the sentence.
ex. Mr. Potts is the principal. |
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An action verb is used to show the subject doing some sort of action.
The gymnist cartwheeled across the floor. |
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| What are the two different types of action verbs? |
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| transitive and intransitive |
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An intransitive verb is an action verb that does not transfer action to anything so there's no direct object.
ex. The batter swung. |
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A transitive verb does transfer action to the direct object.
ex. The batter hit the ball. |
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a noun that receives the action of transitive verb
ex. Jim threw the ball. |
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noun or pronoun that receives the direct object
ex. Tom threw Bob the ball. |
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a noun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject
ex. Jim is the captain. |
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an adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject.
ex. Jim is fast. |
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a word used to make a noun or pronoun more specific
ex. tall, short, big
Answers the questions: what kind, which one, how many, how much? |
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| What questions are used to identify whether a word is an adjective? |
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| Which one? What kind? How many? Whose? |
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a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb and answers where, when, how much, how often.
ex. often, quickly |
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| What words are asked to help identify an adverb? |
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| How? When? Where? Why? To what extent? |
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a word that relates a noun, pronoun or phrase to another word in the sentence.
ex. The house on the corner is scary. |
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| What is the noun that follows a preposition called? |
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| It is called the object of a preoposition. |
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| All prepositonal phrases are used as one of two things. What are the two things? |
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| They are either used as adjectives or adverbs. |
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| It is a word that looks like a verb but functions as something else. |
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| What are the three main verbals? |
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| participles, gerunds, and infinitives |
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| It is a verbal used as an adjective. |
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| It is a verbal used as a noun. |
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| It is a verbal used as a noun, an adjective, or a an adverb. |
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