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Q1: What is the action verb in the following sentence:

Bender bended stuff all the time.

A. BenderB. BendedC. TimeD. All

Q1: What is the action verb in the following sentence:

Bender bended stuff all the time.

A. BenderB. BendedC. TimeD. AllBended is the correct answer

Q2: What is the action verb in the following sentence:The teachers killed and murdered students always.

A. TeachersB. AlwaysC. MurderedD. Killed

Q2: What is the action verb in the following sentence:The teachers killed and murdered students always.

A. TeachersB. AlwaysC. MurderedD. Killed

Murdered and Killed are both correct answers

Q3: What is the kind of the action verb in the following sentence:The old man threw a stick on the running kid.

A. TransitiveB. Intransitive

Q3: What is the kind of the action verb in the following sentence:The old man threw a stick on the running kid.

A. TransitiveB. IntransitiveTransitive is the correct answer

Q4: What is the kind of the action verb in the following sentence:Stalin killed when he was in power.

A. TransitiveB. Intransitive

Q4: What is the kind of the action verb in the following sentence:Stalin killed when he was in power.

A. TransitiveB. IntransitiveIntransitive is the correct answer

Linking Verbs

• A linking verb is a verb that connect a subject with a word that describes or identifies it.

Ex: Edison was a great inventor.

Where ‘Edison’ identifies ‘Inventor’ and ‘was’ links

Identifies

Forms of Be

• The most common linking verbs in English is Be and its forms:

There are other Linking verbs than Be

• Example: He looked shy.Where looked here is a linking verb.Linking Verbs Other Than Be:1-Appear 4-Become 7-Feel 10-Grow2-Look 5-Remain 8-Seem 11-Smell3-Sound 6-Stay 9-Taste 12-TurnNote: Most of them describe senses.

Separating Linking Verbs from Action Verbs

• Some linking verbs can also be used as action verbs:

Linking-He looked strangeAction-He looked around

So to test whether are they action or linkingwe replace the verb with: ‘is’, ‘am’, or ‘are’ and

see if it makes sense

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Q1: What is the linking verb in the sentence:Hitler was harsh but fair.

A. WasB. HarshC. HitlerD. But

Q1: What is the linking verb in the sentence:Hitler was harsh but fair.

A. WasB. HarshC. HitlerD. But

Was is the correct answer.

Q2: What is the linking verb in the sentence:This has been an experiment.

A. HasB. BeenC. AnD. None of the above

Q2: What is the linking verb in the sentence:This has been an experiment.

A. HasB. BeenC. AnD. None of the above

The linking verb is ‘has been.’

Q3: Is the verb in the statement an action or linking verb?

He grew five centimeters more than last year.

A. LinkingB. Action

Q3: Is the verb in the statement an action or linking verb?

He grew five centimeters more than last year.

A. LinkingB. ActionAction is the right answer

Q4: Convert the last statement into a statement with a linking verb using the same verb.

Helping Verbs

• A helping verb is a verb that are added before another verb to make a verb phrase, giving the main verb more meaning.

Ex: He might have cheated all the time.