Understanding Verbs: A Quick Guide

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she play a football

Back

she played a football

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Examples of Verbs

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Run, jump, think

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Types of Verbs

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Action, linking, helping

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Action Verb

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Expresses physical action

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Linking Verb

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Connects subject to info

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Helping Verb

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Assists main verb

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Regular Verb

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Forms past tense with -ed

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Irregular Verb

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Past tense not with -ed

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Transitive Verb

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Takes a direct object

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Intransitive Verb

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No direct object needed