| A | B |
|---|
| action verb | names an action |
| transitive verb | has a DO |
| intransitive verb | does not have a DO |
| direct object | receives the action of the verb |
| indirect object | tells to whom or for whom an action is done |
| linking verb | shows being |
| predicate noun | follows a LV; tells what the subject is |
| predicate adjective | follows a LV; describes the subject |
| present tense | base form or base form + s |
| past tense | -ed form |
| future tense | will/shall + base form |
| helping verb | assists the main verb |
| verb phrase | helping verb + main verb |
| present participle | -ing with helping verb |
| past participle | -ed with helping verb |
| present progressive | am/is/are + present participle |
| past progressive | was/were + present participle |
| present perfect | have/has + past participle |
| past perfect | had + past participle |
