Action, Linking, and Helping Verbs
Action, Linking, and Helping Verbs
This is Sara. I want to write a few sentences that describe Sara. To do that, I know I need adjectives and nouns, so I'll use them write a few things about Sara:Sara pretty. Sara a green dress. Sara a girl.
Hmm... I sound like a caveman! What is wrong with my sentences?
Oh, that's right! I'm missing verbs! I'll just go ahead and add them in.
Sara is pretty. Sara wears a green dress. Sara is a girl.
Verbs are a necessary - and very important - part of a sentence. There are three types of verbs that are regularly used as part of sentences: action, linking, and helping verbs.
Watch the video to learn more about the three types of verbs and how they're used in a sentence.
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