| A | B |
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| action verb | a verb that can contain more that one word and names an action |
| linking verb | a verb that connects the subject with an adjective or noun in the predicate |
| helping verb | a verb that helps the main verb tell about an action |
| transitive verb | a verb with a direct object |
| intransitive verb | a verb that does not have a direct object |
| predicate noun | noun that follows a linking verb and tells what the subject is |
| predicate adjective | adjective that follows a linking verb and tells what the subject is like |
| direct object | answers who or what after an action verb |
| indirect object | answers to whom or for whom the action was done |
| present tense | names an action that happens regularly or a general truth |
| past tense | names an action that already happened |
| future tense | names an action that will take place in the future |
| progressive tense | names an action that is continuing |
| perfect tense | names an action that happened at an indefinite time in the past |
| present participle | form of the verb that ends in -ing |
| past participle | form of the verb that usually ends in -ed |
| be helpers | is, am, are, was, were |
| have helpers | have, has, had |
