chí.lin purse grammar lesson
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GRAMMAR LESSON
ACTION AND LINKING VERBS
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1. A complete sentence has a subject and a predicate. The main word in the predicate is a verb.
2. An action verb tells what the subject does.
Example:The river flooded the town.
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3. A linking verb links, or joins, the subject to a word or words in the predicate. It tells what the subject is or is like.
Example:The townspeople were afraid.
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4. Action verbs can tell about actions that are physical (walk, carry) or mental (forget, understand).
5. Forms of the verbs to be (am, is, are, was, were) are often used as linking verbs.
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6.These verbs can be linking verbs: become, seem, appear, feel, taste, smell, and look. (I feel hungry. The pie smells delicious.)
7. However some of them can also be used as action verbs (Feel this fabric. The dog smells many scents.)
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Find the verb in each sentence and tell if it is a linking or action
verb.
1. The girl feels nervous.
Answer: feels, linking verb
2. Today is her wedding day.
Answer: is, linking verb
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3. She sits in a fancy chair.
Answer: sits, action verb
4. Footmen carry the chair on their shoulders.
Answer: carry, action verb
5. The girl is only sixteen.
Answer: is, linking verb
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6. Her parents arranged the marriage.
Answer: arranged, action verb
7. She sees her husband for the first time.
Answer: sees, action verb
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8. He looks handsome and kind.
Answer: looks, action verb
9. She appears happy and content.
Answer: appears, linking verb
10. Some Chinese customs seem unusual to us.
Answer: seem, linking verb
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11. Animals symbolize different things.
Answer: symbolize, action verb
12. A coyote is resourceful and cunning.
Answer: is, linking verb
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13. An eagle seems fiercely proud and free.
Answer: seems, linking verb
14. The lion rules its territory with dignity.
Answer: rules, action verb
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15. A lion appears kinglike to people.
Answer: appears, linking verb