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Kinds of Verbs

Verbs describe actions or states of being. There are three main kinds of verbs: linking verbs that connect a subject to additional information about the subject like "be" verbs, transitive verbs that take a direct object, and intransitive verbs that do not take a direct object. Examples of each verb type are provided.

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Kinds of Verbs

Verbs describe actions or states of being. There are three main kinds of verbs: linking verbs that connect a subject to additional information about the subject like "be" verbs, transitive verbs that take a direct object, and intransitive verbs that do not take a direct object. Examples of each verb type are provided.

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Kinds of Verbs

Verbs
What is a verb?
Verbs are words that describe actions,
whether physical or mental.

Verbs also describe a “state of being,”


like the verbs be, become, or exist.

Some verbs also act as “helper verbs”


to change the tense of another verb.
Likewise, these helper verbs can
change a positive statement to a
negative one with words like “not.”
Kinds of Verbs
01 Linking Verbs
Kinds of Verbs

02 Transitive Verbs

03 Intransitive Verbs
Linking Verbs
A. Be Verbs
is was
are were
am …be
Examples:
Examples:
Examples:
B. Other Linking Verbs
There are verbs that can exist either as action words or
linking verbs. Verbs related to the five senses often function
in this way. Common verbs that can function as action verbs
or linking verbs include:

appear feel get


grow look prove
remain smell sound
stay taste turn
Examples:
Transitive Verbs
Examples:
Examples:
More Examples:
The girls carry water to their village.
Juan threw the ball.
Could you phone the neighbors?
I caught a cold.
She loves rainbows.
Lila conveyed the message.
Intransitive Verbs
Examples:
They jumped.
The dog ran.
She sang.
A light was shining.
Both Transitive and Intransitive
Examples:
Urged by the others, she sang.
She sang the national anthem at the boxing game.
Examples:
After he cleaned up, he left.
He left the gift on the table.
Practice

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