1. Verbs
• A verbshows action, links another word to the subject, helps another verb, or
merely indicates existence.
• Sometimes the verbis asingle word; other times, the verbis made up of two
or more words calleda verbphrase.
• A verb phraseconsistof a main verb plus one or more helping verbs. Sometimes
a verb phraseis interrupted by other words. Be careful to locate all the helping
verbs that go with the main verb.
My songs and poems shallnot always beheard.
KINDS OF VERBS ACCORDING TO USE
• Action verbs areeither transitiveor intransitive. Non- action verbs are called
linking (copulative) verbs are helping (auxiliary) verbs according to their usein
sentences.
• A transitiveverb expresses an action which passes from the subject to a direct
object or when the subject is acted upon. Itneeds a receiver of the action or a
direct object.
A gland produces a fluid that the body needs to work properly. (Thedirect
object fluid receives the action of the verb produces.)
• An intransitive verb does not need an object or receiver of its action.
People snorewhen soft tissues in the throat collapse during deep sleep.
(The verb snoredoes not pass its action to any word in the sentence.)
• A linking verb is a non- action word that connects the subjectto a word in the
predicate. The word linked to the subjectmay be a noun, a pronoun, or an
adjective that identifies or describes the subject.

2. Most metals are chemically reactive. (The verb are links the adjective reactive to
the subjectmetals. The word reactive describes metals and is a predicate
adjective.)
Many iron ores such as magnetic are oxides. The verb are links the noun oxides to
the subjectores. The word oxide identifies ores and is a predicate nominative.)