Action Verbs, Linking Verbs, and Helping Verbs, Summaries of Acting

Download Action Verbs, Linking Verbs, and Helping Verbs and more Summaries Acting in PDF only on Docsity! © Verzs O Action Verbs, Linking Verbs, and Helping Verbs e ACTION VERBS  An action verb tells what the subject of a sentence does.   The action can be a physical or mental action.   Examples:  Early humans moved constantly.  They carried their few possessions with them.  These people worried about survival.  They feared large animals. ACTION VERBS VS. LINKING VERBS  Some linking verbs can also be action verbs! (grow, feel, look, remain, smell, appear, taste)  You have to look at what the verb is doing in the sentence to tell if it acting as an action verb or a linking verb.   Examples:  The girl smelled the roses in the garden.  This pie smells yummy! HELPING VERBS  A helping verb helps main verbs (action or linking verbs) express action or show tense.   The helping verb always comes before the main verb.   There can be more than one helping verb before a main verb. HELPING VERBS  There are 23 helping verbs: may be do should have will might being does could had can must been did would has shall am are is was were