| A | B |
|---|
| action verb | used to express an action |
| linking verb | forms of be; verbs that express condition |
| helping verbs | help main verb give precise shades of meaning |
| verb phrase | helping verb/s and main verb |
| direct object | names the receiver of the action |
| indirect object | tells to what or whom or for what or whom an action is done |
| transitive verb | action verb that has an object |
| intransitive verb | a verb that does not have an object |
| subject complement | identifies or describes the subject |
| predicate noun | a noun that follows a linking verb and identifies, renames, or defines the subject |
| predicate adjective | adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject |
| The forms of the present, past, and past participle are the same. | group one |
| vowel in the verb changes from i in the present to a in the past to u in the past participle | group five |
| present, present participle, past, past participle | four principal parts of a verb |
| tense | shows the time of an action or condition |
| simple tenses | present, past, future |
