- A verb shows action or being.
- An action verb is a verb 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.
- 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 ofbe are am, is, are, was, and were. Here are other common linking verbs: become, feel, seem, look, grow, taste, appear, and smell.
Miss Sanchez taught me in grade 1.
(action verb)
The name of my baby brother is Marcus.
(linking verb)
We sat near the window and watched the snow fall.
(action verb)