Comp Prep #4: Parts of Speech B

a verb with no direct object (doesn’t answer whom? or what?)

• Transitive Verb

• Intransitive Verb

• Linking Verb

• Auxiliary Verb

• Action Verb

a verb that expresses action

• Transitive Verb

• Intransitive Verb

• Linking Verb

• Auxiliary Verb

• Action Verb

a helping verb; helps the main verb to express an action or state of being

• Transitive Verb

• Intransitive Verb

• Linking Verb

• Auxiliary Verb

• Action Verb

a verb with a direct object (answers whom? or what?)

• Transitive Verb

• Intransitive Verb

• Linking Verb

• Auxiliary Verb

• Action Verb

a verb that links the subject to the predicate and does not show action

• Transitive Verb

• Intransitive Verb

• Linking Verb

• Auxiliary Verb

• Action Verb

Is the verb in the sentence transitive or intransitive?

She advised me to consult a doctor.

• Transitive

• Intransitive

Is the verb in the sentence transitive or intransitive?

Let’s invite your cousins as well.

• Transitive

• Intransitive

Is the verb in the sentence transitive or intransitive?

I waited for an hour.

• Transitive

• Intransitive

Is the verb in the sentence transitive or intransitive?

I received your letter in the morning.

• Transitive

• Intransitive

Is the verb in the sentence transitive or intransitive?

He drives carefully.

• Transitive

• Intransitive