| A | B |
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| verb | a word that names an action or shows state of being (what a subject is or is like) |
| action verb | a word that names an action |
| linking verb | a verb that shows state of being |
| helping verb | a verb that helps the main verb in a verb phrase |
| 23 | the number of helping verbs |
| transitive verb | an action verb that has a direct object |
| intransitive verb | an action verb that doesn't have a direct object |
| direct object | the word that receives the action of the verb |
| indirect object | answers the questions "to whom" and "for whom" an action is done |
| direct object | answers the questions "whom?" or "what?" after an action verb |
| predicate adjective | an adjective that follows a linking verb that describes the subject of the sentence |
| predicate noun | a noun that follows a linking verb that renames the subject of the sentence |
| verb phrase | consists of a helping verb and main verbs |
| verb part | participle |
| present participle | a verb part that ends in "ing" |
| 4 | the number of verb parts in English |
| verb parts | used to create verb tenses |
| tense | the time of the action |
| past participle | the verb part created by adding "ed" for a regular verb and changing the word for an irregular verb |
| regular verb | when you create the past part of the verb by adding "ed" |
| irregular verb | to create the past part of this verb, you have to change the base verb part |
| forms of be | be, being, been, am, is, are, was, were |
| present tense | a verb that names an action that happens regularly. It can also express a general truth. |
| past tense | names an action that already happened |
| future tense | names an action that will take place in the future |
| present progressive form | a verb that tells about an action that is continuing right now |
| past progressive form | a verb that names an action that continued for some time in the past |
| present perfect tense | a verb that tells about something that happened at an indefinite time in the past. It also tells about an action that happened in the past and is still happening now. |
| past perfect tense | names an action that happened before another action or event in the past |
| action verbs | the only verb that can have a direct object |
| linking verb | the only verb that can have a predicate noun or predicate adjective |
| action verb | the only verb that might have an indirect object |
| What are the helping verbs? | may, might, must, be, being, been, am, is, are, was, were, do, does, did, should, could, would, have, has, had, will, shall, can |
