True or false Linking verbs do not show
True or false Linking verbs do not show action. The underlined verb is a linking verb: Leah was a nice girl. Linking verbs are verbs that couple the subject and an adjective or noun that follows the Verb. Linking verbs do not link thing together
True or false Helping verbs help to show the action. Action verbs can be mental or rudimental. Some action verbs can function as linking verbs. Mental actions like: wonder, ponder, forget, imagine. Linking verbs describe someone or something. Helping verbs always go before the main verb.
Practice 1)Jack imagines a big chocolate cake. 2)Maurice dreams about Miami. 3)Martin Luther King felt anxious about the protests. 4)The Civil Rights Act of 1964 abolished segregation in the US. 5)Malcolm X was disapointed about The Black Muslim movement. 6) The film “Me before you” made everybody at
Practice Sally had a cold. Her nose was red. She pulled a tissue out of the tissue box. She blew her nose. She threw the tissue into the trash. She looked at her fingernails. Her fingernails were too long. She needed to cut her nails. She opened her purse. She took her nail clippers out of the purse. She clipped all the nails on her left hand. Then she clipped all the nails on her right hand. She looked at both of her hands. Now her nails were nice and short. She put her nail clipper back in her purse. She pulled another tissue out of the box. She
Underline with different colours the different types of verbs you can find: action, linking, helping and main. She was a fast eater. She liked to eat fast. She ate like a wolf. "I am like a wolf, " she said. He was a slow eater. He liked to eat slow. He ate like a turtle. "You are like a turtle, " she said. She didn't talk at the dinner table. All she did was eat. He liked to talk at the dinner table. He talked about the news. He talked about the weather. He talked about sports. She listened to him talk. She nodded her head. That meant yes. She shook her head. That meant no. He talked. She listened. She never said yes. She
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