WHAT IS A LINKING VERB?

A linking verb shows that the subject exists; it connects the subject of the sentence to other information.

If you can replace the verb with am, is or are, it is a linking verb!

Example: The rose smelt sweet.

WHAT IS A MODAL?It could be: can, could, may, might, will, would, must, shall, should, ought or to.

In the third person, they don’t take an ‘s’.

If you turn them around, they make a question. “She can go” becomes “Can she go?”

Example: “She can go” becomes “Can she go?”

I S T H E R E A D I F F E R E N C E B E T W E E N A N A U X I L I A RY V E R B A N D A M O D A L ?

A modal verb adds information to another verb. It can give tense or mood. An auxiliary verb is a helping verb. It turns a present participle into an action verb.

Example:: “She can go” becomes “Can she go?”

A C T I O N A N D L I N K I N G V E R BSAn action verb is a doing word it means doing a physical thing.

A Linking verb is a word that is links the subject to the noun or

adjective in a sentence. When a sentence has a linking verb the

complement must be a noun or an adjective.

A P R E S E N T PA R T I C I P L E W I T H A V E R B

A present participle is a verb that end in “ing” that why we call it a PP.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INTRANSITIVE VERB AND A TRANSITIVE

VERB

A transitive verb is a verb that is followed by a noun or a pronoun. It

requires a subject and an object for it to work e.g. the boy went to go

play with the ball. (The boy is the subject and the ball is the object.

Without the object the transitive verb is unclear. The transitive verb has

to be and action verb.

An intransitive verb is a verb that has to have a linking and an action

verb that does not take an object.

H OW TO IDE NT IF Y A N ACT ION VE RB.

An action verb is a doing word like ran, sit, speak. To figure out how to

find an action verb you find a verb then ask can I………?

Example: Katie jumped up and down in joy!

WHAT IS AN AUXILIARY VERB?

Auxiliary are being verbs but they are named differently. E.g. is, should,

are , must… this verbs help the to emphasise the PP.

Example: The boy must play guitar

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BEING VERB AND LINKING

VERB IS…

being verb is not an action verb it comes in when there is no verbs like

there is a dog (being verb in it), but a linking verb is connects the

subject if the sentence to other information

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