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grammer verbs
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English
7th Grade
12/10/2012

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Action verb
Definition
a action verb is a word that names an action and tells what a subject does. It may contain more than one word.
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transitive verb
Definition
it is followed by a word or words called the direct object
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direct object
Definition
it answer the question of what? or whom?
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intransitive verb
Definition
it is a action that does not have a direct object
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linking verbs
Definition
it is a verb that connects a subject with a word in the predicate that identifies or describes the subject.
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predicate noun
Definition
a noun that follows a linking verb and tells what the subject is.
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predicate adjective
Definition
it is a adjective that follows a liking verb and describes what the subject is like.
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tense
Definition
the tense of a verb tells when an action takes place.
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present tense
Definition
it is the action that is happening right now
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past tense
Definition
a action that has already happened
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future tense
Definition
the action that will happen in the future
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helping verb
Definition
it helps the main verb tell about an action or make a statement
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A verb phrase
Definition
a verb phrase consists of one or more helping verbs followed by a main verb
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present progressive form
Definition
the form of a verb names an action or condition that is continuing in the present
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past progressive form
Definition
the form of a verb names an action or condition that was continuing for some time in the past
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the present perfect tense
Definition
the present perfect tense of a verb names a action that happening right now
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the past perfect tense
Definition
the past perfect tense of a verb names a action that happened before another event or action in the past. It also has the verb had in it
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